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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 28 (Xinhua) — China is becoming increasingly vulnerable to global climate change, increasingly exposed to intense extreme weather events, according to a blue book released by the National Meteorological Administration on Friday.
Since the 1990s, China has warmed faster than the global average, with average annual temperatures and sea levels in coastal areas reaching record highs in 2024, according to the China Climate Change Blue Book.
Due to the effects of climate change, the country experienced more extreme heat waves and heavy rainfall between 1961 and 2024.
Overall sea levels along China’s coast are rising at an ever-increasing rate, and glaciers in western China are melting at an ever-increasing rate.
Due to ongoing global warming, in 2024 the world’s average surface temperature will reach its highest level since meteorological records began in 1850.
Xiao Chang, deputy director of the National Climate Center, said the temperature rise should be attributed to human activities, primarily greenhouse gas emissions, as well as natural changes in climate systems such as the El Niño weather phenomenon. -0-