Synergistic pathways to mitigate climate and water scarcity risks (opens in new tab)

Energy security, climate change and water scarcity are inextricably linked challenges that require integrated solutions for sustainable development. A promising approach combining carbon capture and storage (CCS) with enhanced water recovery (EWR), termed CCS–EWR, provides a technically and economically viable solution to the energy–carbon–water dilemma. By developing a high-resolution source–sink matching model for coal-fired power plants in China, we found that retrofitting plants with a to...