According to CRSRI, it will use this project as an opportunity to expand personnel exchanges and collaborative research with Pakistani institutions.
Research institutes from China and Pakistan jointly submitted the project, Assessment and Regulation Mechanisms of Climate Change Impacts on Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Typical Regions of China and Pakistan,” and it was recently approved.
Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute (CRSRI) and Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water, and Marine Sciences jointly applied for the Assessment and Regulation Mechanisms of Climate Change Impacts on Water-Energy-Food Nexus as an international (regional) cooperation and exchange project under China’s National Natural Science Foundation.
It is also CRSRI’s second such project to be approved in almost two decades. Based on its investigation into “Water Cycle Patterns and Effects of Water Conservation and Emission Reduction in Irrigation Areas of the Yangtze River Basin,” CRSRI intends to work with its counterpart in Pakistan to examine how climate change will affect the connections between China and Pakistan’s water, energy, and food systems.
According to China Economic Net (CEN), the project will also offer technical assistance for realizing the sustainability of natural resources. Both in China and Pakistan, systemic water-energy-food plans and programs are urgently required to address upcoming extreme events linked to climate change.
Both Pakistan’s Vision 2025 and China’s Policies and Actions Responding to Climate Change call for the development of water, food, and energy security laws that address climate change while safeguarding the environment.
Energy security laws enacted by governments to ensure the reliable and secure supply of energy to their citizens. These laws can address various aspects of energy production, transportation, distribution, and consumption. They may address issues such as energy infrastructure protection, emergency response planning, energy market manipulation, and energy resource development.
The specific provisions of energy security laws can vary depending on the country and region, but their overall goal is to ensure that energy supplies are adequate, affordable, and secure for the population.
According to CRSRI, it will use this project as an opportunity to expand personnel exchanges and collaborative research with pertinent Pakistani institutions, widen the channels of global scientific and technological cooperation, strengthen its influence over global cooperation, and offer technical assistance for enhancing food security and agricultural water resources in both China and Pakistan.