{"id":33758,"date":"2016-03-23T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-10-20T13:17:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T13:17:48","slug":"8758-coal-is-parching-the-planet-as-well-as-cooking-it-says-new-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/8758-coal-is-parching-the-planet-as-well-as-cooking-it-says-new-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal is parching the planet as well as cooking it, says new report \u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-bb13b5ac-a36b-c462-e536-f5b970ed6df0\">The burning of coal isn\u2019t just cooking the planet through climate change, the fossil fuel is using large amounts of water in parts of the world where supplies of the most precious of natural resources are dwindling fast.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/en\/publications\/Campaign-reports\/Climate-Reports\/The-Great-Water-Grab\/\">The report<\/a>, which was commissioned by Greenpeace, finds that the mining, processing, washing and burning of coal consumes enough water to meet the basic needs of 1.2 billion people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chinadialogue-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/content_image\/content_image\/1024\/Screen_Shot_2016-03-23_at_12.37.04.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"width: 560px; height: 310px;\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadialogue-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/content_image\/content_image\/1024\/Screen_Shot_2016-03-23_at_12.37.04.png\" alt=\"infographic of water usage at major stages of the coal life cycle: 1) mining, 2) washing, 3)cooling, 4)waste\" width=\"1231\" height=\"682\"><\/a><br><span class=\"caption\">Water usage at major stages of the coal life cycle. Source: Greenpeace<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe coal industry\u2019s effects on water-deficient areas in the near future poses the most serious threat to water security around the world,\u201d said the report, which was published on March 22 &#8211;&nbsp;\u2018World Water Day\u2019.<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report said by the end of 2013, a quarter of the 8,359 coal fired power plants already in operation, and a quarter of the 2,668 plants planned for construction, are estimated to be located in \u2018over-withdrawal\u2019 areas.<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are areas where humans are extracting water faster than supplies are able to regenerate, \u201cposing a serious threat to local ecology,\u201d the report adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report: \u201c<em>Water Grab: How the coal industry is deepening the Global Water Crisis\u201d<\/em>, includes calculations by Dutch engineering firm Witteveen+Bos, and draws upon figures in&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.platts.com\/products\/world-electric-power-plants-database\">Platts World Electric Power Plant Database<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wri.org\/applications\/maps\/aqueduct-atlas\/#x=8.00&amp;y=0.33&amp;s=ws!20!28!c&amp;t=waterrisk&amp;w=def&amp;g=0&amp;i=BWS-16!WSV-4!SV-2!HFO-4!DRO-4!STOR-8!GW-8!WRI-4!ECOS-2!MC-4!WCG-8!ECOV-2!&amp;tr=ind-1!prj-1&amp;l=3&amp;b=terrain&amp;m=group\">World Resources Institute\u2019s Aqueduct<\/a> project, research that Greenpeace said is the most comprehensive analysis on the subject to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In particular, the report focuses on those areas that are already enduring high levels of water stress because of climate change, population growth, intensive farming and industrial pollution. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;map&nbsp;below charts&nbsp;baseline water stress with existing coal power plants overlaid. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/chinadialogue-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/content_image\/content_image\/1021\/Screen_Shot_2016-03-23_at_12.36.33.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"width: 560px; height: 288px;\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadialogue-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/content_image\/content_image\/1021\/Screen_Shot_2016-03-23_at_12.36.33.png\" alt=\"world map of water baseline categories\" width=\"1256\" height=\"645\"><\/a><br><span class=\"caption\">Source: Greenpeace<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shaded areas indicate different baseline levels of water stress, with the brown parts designated as \u2018water over-withdrawal\u2019 areas. Black dots and white dots represent the world\u2019s current coal-fired power plants and proposed power stations&nbsp;respectively as of the end of 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black dots in brown areas, i.e. areas in which coal-fired power plants exist in areas of \u2018water over-withdrawal\u2019, are known as the most serious \u201cred list\u201d zones. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greenpeace\u2019s analysis of the global coal-water conflict shows that the&nbsp;five countries with the highest water consumption by current coal power plants in red-list areas are, in order of magnitude, China, India, US, Kazakhstan and Canada. The top five&nbsp;countries with the highest water consumption by proposed power plants in their red-list areas are, in order, China, India, Turkey, US and Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chinadialogue-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/content_image\/content_image\/1027\/Screen_Shot_2016-03-23_at_12.33.49.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 560px; height: 232px;\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadialogue-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/content_image\/content_image\/1027\/Screen_Shot_2016-03-23_at_12.33.49.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br><span class=\"caption\">Top five&nbsp;countries that stand to gain the most water saving benefits from phasing out existing coal power plants in red-listed areas. (Sorted by consumption)&nbsp;Source: Greenpeace<\/span><br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chinadialogue-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/content_image\/content_image\/1030\/Screen_Shot_2016-03-23_at_12.34.00.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 560px; height: 228px;\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadialogue-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/content_image\/content_image\/1030\/Screen_Shot_2016-03-23_at_12.34.00.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br><span class=\"caption\">Top five&nbsp;countries that stand to gain the most from avoided water use if proposed power plants in their red-listed areas are not implemented. (Sorted by consumption)&nbsp;Source: Greenpeace<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report has put particular focus on China, which has the most serious conflict in priorities between the use of coal for power generation and the need for clean water.<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world is reliant on coal for around 40% of its electricity generation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/publications\/freepublications\/publication\/WEO2015_SouthEastAsia.pdf\">fast-growing<\/a> countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand are expected to join Asia\u2019s three largest economies China, Japan and India in becoming big burners of coal. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although countries agreed to include 1.5C and 2C temperature targets in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadialogue.net\/article\/show\/single\/en\/8459-Paris-agreement-gives-hope-in-fight-against-climate-change\">Paris Climate Agreement<\/a> signed in Paris last December, only a scaling up of national climate targets, and a major reallocation of energy finance, are\u00a0likely to deliver a decisive shift away from coal in the power generation mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-bb13b5ac-a36b-c462-e536-f5b970ed6df0\"><strong>China&#8217;s Yellow River Basin&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report has highlighted water scarcity in&nbsp;China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/energydesk.greenpeace.org\/2014\/12\/17\/pictures-chinas-coal-industry-pollutes-yellow-river-basin\/\">Yellow River Basin<\/a>, which also has massive amounts of coal, with the contrast&nbsp;most prominent in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/news\/blog\/drought-ground-collapse-and-forced-migration-\/blog\/55957\/\">Kuye Basin<\/a>, a major tributary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coal extraction has caused the river\u2019s natural flow to fall sharply, damaged&nbsp;an increasingly fragile ecology, and worsened&nbsp;soil erosion. Outside the flood season, water is so polluted it can\u2019t be used for agriculture. Despite the worsening environmental crisis in the region, the area\u2019s coal industry is still expanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, the Kuye Basin\u2019s coal industry\u2019s water demand alone will exceed the projected total annual water volume of the entire basin, promoting increased competition with farmers and industry, the report estimates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-bb13b5ac-a36b-c462-e536-f5b970ed6df0\">Greenpeace said the Kuye Basin\u2019s case study is illustrative of a wider problem in China, where coal plants in red-list areas use water equivalent to the basic needs of around 186 million people, while planned plants in these water danger zones would require water that could supply 100 million people. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chinadialogue-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/content_image\/content_image\/1018\/coal-water-china-full.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 560px; height: 396px;\" src=\"https:\/\/chinadialogue-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/content_image\/content_image\/1018\/coal-water-china-full.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br><span class=\"caption\">Source: Greenpeace<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To reduce the coal industry\u2019s demands on water use,&nbsp;Greenpeace&nbsp;says&nbsp;water management should be taken&nbsp;into account in all regional planning, and major restrictions placed on coal industry projects when their water demand exceeds the availability of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A phase-out of coal, a long-held goal of environmental groups, should be prioritised in areas of water stress, the report adds.&nbsp;Policymakers should also opt for renewables, which use much less water than coal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On World Water Day, a new report outlines how coal use is the number one threat to water 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