
The world's longest tunnel is supposed to be the answer to the persistent water shortage in northern China. In the future, engineers plan to divert water from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River into the controversial canal system that has supplied the Chinese capital with drinking water for years.
By Christiane Kuehl
Heat waves and heavy rainfall plague parts of China. Therefore, the world's largest carbon emitter wants to better adapt to climate change in the future. So far, the government has done little to minimize the costs and damage of climate change.
By Nico Beckert