 Water-energy-food security under green finance constraints in Southwest ChinaShibao Lu, Wenjing Lu, Meng Xu, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary and Yao Tang Energy Economics, 2023, vol. 118, issue C Abstract: The key objective in green growth is to direct more capital into the green industry through innovative financial tools to achieve sustainability. This study calculates the water footprint of water-intensive food energy production and the virtual water flow caused by trade in five provinces of southwest China based on green financial data using quantitative analysis. This study proposes a modified water resource stress index (MWSI) associated with virtual water outflow. The results show that the output of food energy and virtual water flow in southwest China is increasing, which results in pressure on water resources in the locality and output region. Green finance could be a solution for solving water insecurity in China. This paper proposes comprehensive policy suggestions to ensure the sustainable development of water resources in southwest China. Keywords: Water footprint; Water-energy-food; Water security; Pressure on water resources; Green finance (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:eneeco:v:118:y:2023:i:c:s0140988322006077 DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106478 Access Statistics for this article Energy Economics is currently edited by R. S. J. Tol, Beng Ang, Lance Bachmeier, Perry Sadorsky, Ugur Soytas and J. P. Weyant More articles in Energy Economics from Elsevier |
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