China is facing a growing risk of experiencing extreme weather and climate events and a temperature rise higher than the global average as a result of continuing climate warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Blue Book on Climate Change in China 2021 published by China\u2019s China Meteorological Administration (CMA) this week cautioned that between 1961 and 2020, extreme heavy precipitation sees a gradual rise, and since the mid-1990s extreme heat events have increased significantly in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Blue Book, China is a sensitive and significant area impacted by global climate change with a rise of temperature significantly higher than the global average during the same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Blue Book points out that China\u2019s climate risk index from 1961 to 2020 shows a tendency of increase, and in 2020 the number was 10.8, the third-highest value in that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Blue book comes within weeks of devastating floods in the central Chinese province of Henan, which killed more than 300 people and affected millions more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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