Climate Trends and Impacts in China
This discussion paper summarizes observed and projected trends in extreme weather events, present-day climate variability, and future climate change and their impacts on China's different regions. Findings are presented from China's natio...
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ABS ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ADVERSE EFFECTS AEROSOLS AGRICULTURE AGROMETEOROLOGY AIR AIR CONDITIONING ANNUAL PRECIPITATION APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES BAROMETRIC PRESSURE BASINS BIODIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGY BIOMASS BURNING COAL CASE STUDIES CHARACTERISTICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CHIEF SCIENTIST CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE IMPACT CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE PREDICTION CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE STABILIZATION CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL CLIMATE TRENDS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE WARMING CLIMATIC CHANGES CLIMATIC RESEARCH CLIMATOLOGY CLOUDINESS CO CO2 COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL RESEARCH COASTAL ZONES COASTS COLORS CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CONVECTION CORAL REEFS CROPLAND CROPS DAILY TEMPERATURE DAMAGES DAMS DATA SETS DATA SOURCES DESALINATION DESERTIFICATION DESERTS DRAINAGE DROUGHT DUST ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ECOLOGY ECOSYSTEM ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS SCENARIO EMISSIONS SCENARIOS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH EROSION CONTROL EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME HEAT EXTREME PRECIPITATION EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURE EXTREME TEMPERATURE EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURES EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FERTILIZATION FLOODING FLOODPLAINS FLOODS FOREST FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST FIRE FOREST FIRES FOREST SUCCESSION FORESTRY FORESTS FRESHWATER FROST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GCM GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GLACIAL MELTWATER GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL GLOBAL WARMING GRASSLANDS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER GROWING SEASON HAIL HIGH TEMPERATURES HOUSING HUMAN ACTIVITY HURRICANES HYDROLOGICAL MODEL HYDROLOGICAL MODELS HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES HYDROLOGY ICE ICE SHEET IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INSURANCE INTENSE RAINFALL INTENSE STORMS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC LAND AREAS LAND DEGRADATION LAND SUBSIDENCE LAND USE LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE MANGROVES MARINE BIOTA MELTING GLACIERS METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION METEOROLOGY MICROBES MONSOONS NATIONAL CLIMATE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL SCALE NEGATIVE IMPACTS NONPOINT SOURCE OZONE PHYSICS PLANTATION POLLUTANTS POWER PLANTS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION EVENTS PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINY DAYS RANGES REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL REGIONAL CLIMATE SCENARIOS RESERVOIRS RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE RIVER RUNOFF SAND SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SCIENTISTS SEA LEVEL RISE SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE SEASONAL PRECIPITATION SOLAR RADIATION SPECIES STORM SURGES STORMS SUMMER RAINFALL SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE TEMPERATURES SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATERS TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGE TEMPERATURE CHANGES TEMPERATURE EXTREMES TEMPERATURE RANGE TEMPERATURES TOPOGRAPHY TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICAL STORMS TYPHOONS VARIABILITY IN RAINFALL VARIABILITY OF RAINFALL VEGETATION VEGETATIVE COVER VEGETATIVE GROWTH WARMER TEMPERATURES WATER TREATMENT WAVES WETLANDS WIND WIND DAMAGE WIND EROSION WIND SPEEDS WINDS |
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ABS ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ADVERSE EFFECTS AEROSOLS AGRICULTURE AGROMETEOROLOGY AIR AIR CONDITIONING ANNUAL PRECIPITATION APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES BAROMETRIC PRESSURE BASINS BIODIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGY BIOMASS BURNING COAL CASE STUDIES CHARACTERISTICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CHIEF SCIENTIST CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE IMPACT CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE PREDICTION CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE STABILIZATION CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL CLIMATE TRENDS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE WARMING CLIMATIC CHANGES CLIMATIC RESEARCH CLIMATOLOGY CLOUDINESS CO CO2 COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL RESEARCH COASTAL ZONES COASTS COLORS CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CONVECTION CORAL REEFS CROPLAND CROPS DAILY TEMPERATURE DAMAGES DAMS DATA SETS DATA SOURCES DESALINATION DESERTIFICATION DESERTS DRAINAGE DROUGHT DUST ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ECOLOGY ECOSYSTEM ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS SCENARIO EMISSIONS SCENARIOS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH EROSION CONTROL EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME HEAT EXTREME PRECIPITATION EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURE EXTREME TEMPERATURE EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURES EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FERTILIZATION FLOODING FLOODPLAINS FLOODS FOREST FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST FIRE FOREST FIRES FOREST SUCCESSION FORESTRY FORESTS FRESHWATER FROST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GCM GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GLACIAL MELTWATER GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL GLOBAL WARMING GRASSLANDS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER GROWING SEASON HAIL HIGH TEMPERATURES HOUSING HUMAN ACTIVITY HURRICANES HYDROLOGICAL MODEL HYDROLOGICAL MODELS HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES HYDROLOGY ICE ICE SHEET IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INSURANCE INTENSE RAINFALL INTENSE STORMS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC LAND AREAS LAND DEGRADATION LAND SUBSIDENCE LAND USE LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE MANGROVES MARINE BIOTA MELTING GLACIERS METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION METEOROLOGY MICROBES MONSOONS NATIONAL CLIMATE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL SCALE NEGATIVE IMPACTS NONPOINT SOURCE OZONE PHYSICS PLANTATION POLLUTANTS POWER PLANTS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION EVENTS PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINY DAYS RANGES REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL REGIONAL CLIMATE SCENARIOS RESERVOIRS RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE RIVER RUNOFF SAND SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SCIENTISTS SEA LEVEL RISE SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE SEASONAL PRECIPITATION SOLAR RADIATION SPECIES STORM SURGES STORMS SUMMER RAINFALL SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE TEMPERATURES SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATERS TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGE TEMPERATURE CHANGES TEMPERATURE EXTREMES TEMPERATURE RANGE TEMPERATURES TOPOGRAPHY TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICAL STORMS TYPHOONS VARIABILITY IN RAINFALL VARIABILITY OF RAINFALL VEGETATION VEGETATIVE COVER VEGETATIVE GROWTH WARMER TEMPERATURES WATER TREATMENT WAVES WETLANDS WIND WIND DAMAGE WIND EROSION WIND SPEEDS WINDS Sall, Chris Climate Trends and Impacts in China |
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East Asia and Pacific China |
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This discussion paper summarizes
observed and projected trends in extreme weather events,
present-day climate variability, and future climate change
and their impacts on China's different regions.
Findings are presented from China's national assessment
report on climate change (2007) and second national
assessment report on climate change (2011) as well as other
studies by Chinese and international experts. In addition to
reviewing the physical climate science, the paper also looks
at trends in economic damages in China from weather related
hazards. The paper serves as background for a series of
discussion papers on climate risk management and adaptation
in China. The growing body of scientific evidence shows that
China's climate is indeed changing, especially when
climate is viewed at the regional level. Temperatures are
rising, precipitation regimes are changing, and shifts have
occurred in the distribution of extreme weather events. The
effects of extreme weather events, present-day climate
variability, and future climate change cut across many
different sectors of China's economy. China's
government estimates that direct economic losses from
extreme weather events cost the country 1 to 3 percent of
gross domestic product each year. As China's economy
continues to grow, its exposure to weather-related hazards
is expected to heighten, especially without policies to
limit building in hazardous areas such as floodplains and
alleviate non-climate pressures such as overuse of
freshwater resources. Effective risk management policies and
investments are crucial to reducing the sensitivity and
increasing the resilience of the country to extreme weather,
climate variability, and long-term climate change. |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study |
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Sall, Chris |
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Sall, Chris |
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Sall, Chris |
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Climate Trends and Impacts in China |
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Climate Trends and Impacts in China |
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Climate Trends and Impacts in China |
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Climate Trends and Impacts in China |
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Climate Trends and Impacts in China |
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climate trends and impacts in china |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/19102138/climate-trends-impacts-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17558 |
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okr-10986-175582021-04-23T14:03:39Z Climate Trends and Impacts in China Sall, Chris ABS ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ADVERSE EFFECTS AEROSOLS AGRICULTURE AGROMETEOROLOGY AIR AIR CONDITIONING ANNUAL PRECIPITATION APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES BAROMETRIC PRESSURE BASINS BIODIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGY BIOMASS BURNING COAL CASE STUDIES CHARACTERISTICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CHIEF SCIENTIST CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE IMPACT CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE PREDICTION CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE STABILIZATION CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL CLIMATE TRENDS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE WARMING CLIMATIC CHANGES CLIMATIC RESEARCH CLIMATOLOGY CLOUDINESS CO CO2 COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL RESEARCH COASTAL ZONES COASTS COLORS CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CONVECTION CORAL REEFS CROPLAND CROPS DAILY TEMPERATURE DAMAGES DAMS DATA SETS DATA SOURCES DESALINATION DESERTIFICATION DESERTS DRAINAGE DROUGHT DUST ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ECOLOGY ECOSYSTEM ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS SCENARIO EMISSIONS SCENARIOS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH EROSION CONTROL EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME HEAT EXTREME PRECIPITATION EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURE EXTREME TEMPERATURE EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURES EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FERTILIZATION FLOODING FLOODPLAINS FLOODS FOREST FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST FIRE FOREST FIRES FOREST SUCCESSION FORESTRY FORESTS FRESHWATER FROST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GCM GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GLACIAL MELTWATER GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL GLOBAL WARMING GRASSLANDS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER GROWING SEASON HAIL HIGH TEMPERATURES HOUSING HUMAN ACTIVITY HURRICANES HYDROLOGICAL MODEL HYDROLOGICAL MODELS HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES HYDROLOGY ICE ICE SHEET IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INSURANCE INTENSE RAINFALL INTENSE STORMS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC LAND AREAS LAND DEGRADATION LAND SUBSIDENCE LAND USE LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE MANGROVES MARINE BIOTA MELTING GLACIERS METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION METEOROLOGY MICROBES MONSOONS NATIONAL CLIMATE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL SCALE NEGATIVE IMPACTS NONPOINT SOURCE OZONE PHYSICS PLANTATION POLLUTANTS POWER PLANTS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION EVENTS PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINY DAYS RANGES REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL REGIONAL CLIMATE SCENARIOS RESERVOIRS RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE RIVER RUNOFF SAND SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SCIENTISTS SEA LEVEL RISE SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE SEASONAL PRECIPITATION SOLAR RADIATION SPECIES STORM SURGES STORMS SUMMER RAINFALL SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE TEMPERATURES SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATERS TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGE TEMPERATURE CHANGES TEMPERATURE EXTREMES TEMPERATURE RANGE TEMPERATURES TOPOGRAPHY TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICAL STORMS TYPHOONS VARIABILITY IN RAINFALL VARIABILITY OF RAINFALL VEGETATION VEGETATIVE COVER VEGETATIVE GROWTH WARMER TEMPERATURES WATER TREATMENT WAVES WETLANDS WIND WIND DAMAGE WIND EROSION WIND SPEEDS WINDS This discussion paper summarizes observed and projected trends in extreme weather events, present-day climate variability, and future climate change and their impacts on China's different regions. Findings are presented from China's national assessment report on climate change (2007) and second national assessment report on climate change (2011) as well as other studies by Chinese and international experts. In addition to reviewing the physical climate science, the paper also looks at trends in economic damages in China from weather related hazards. The paper serves as background for a series of discussion papers on climate risk management and adaptation in China. The growing body of scientific evidence shows that China's climate is indeed changing, especially when climate is viewed at the regional level. Temperatures are rising, precipitation regimes are changing, and shifts have occurred in the distribution of extreme weather events. The effects of extreme weather events, present-day climate variability, and future climate change cut across many different sectors of China's economy. China's government estimates that direct economic losses from extreme weather events cost the country 1 to 3 percent of gross domestic product each year. As China's economy continues to grow, its exposure to weather-related hazards is expected to heighten, especially without policies to limit building in hazardous areas such as floodplains and alleviate non-climate pressures such as overuse of freshwater resources. Effective risk management policies and investments are crucial to reducing the sensitivity and increasing the resilience of the country to extreme weather, climate variability, and long-term climate change. 2014-04-01T19:13:50Z 2014-04-01T19:13:50Z 2013-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/19102138/climate-trends-impacts-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17558 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study East Asia and Pacific China |