Water utilities of the future will be energy utilities too, exporting excess renewable energy to local electricity networks. The water sector is energy-hungry and is responsible for a significant amount of global greenhouse gas emissions. The water sector is energy-hungry, with energy consumption by the sector equivalent to all the energy used by Australia. In… Continue reading Creating a net zero carbon future in the water sector
Author: Robert C. Brears
Robert is the Editor-in-Chief of the Climate Resilient Societies Major Reference Work (Springer Nature) and the Urban and Regional Futures Major Reference Work (Springer Nature) and Author of numerous books. He is the editor of the Palgrave Pivot Climate Resilient Societies book series with Palgrave Macmillan. Robert is the Founder of Our Future Water and is a contributing author for World Bank's Water Blog, Asian Development Bank's Blog, Green Growth Knowledge Platform among others.
Nature-Based Solutions to 21st Century Challenges
Nature Based Solutions (NBS) come in a variety of shapes and sizes and can be applied across marine and terrestrial environments to solve a variety of societal challenges including mitigating climate change and enhancing the liveability of cities. In the 21st Century, society is faced with a variety of climatic and non-climatic challenges that can… Continue reading Nature-Based Solutions to 21st Century Challenges