China News Agency, Beijing, December 31 (Reporter Chen Su) "The impact of climate change is stronger and more rapid than we expected." Chao Qingchen, deputy director of China's National Climate Center, said on the 31st.
At the press conference of the China Meteorological Administration that day, Chao Qingchen introduced the climate change situation and analyzed the risks and challenges brought about by climate change.
She pointed out that climate change has an impact on global natural ecosystems. The most obvious feeling is that there are more and more extreme weather events around the world.
Since the middle of the 20th century, global high temperature and heat waves have occurred frequently and lasted longer, heavy rainfall events have occurred frequently on land, and droughts in southern Europe and western Africa have lasted longer and stronger.
The frequent forest fires in recent years are also closely related to climate warming and climate drought.
"Recently, many media have paid close attention to the problem of glaciers melting in western China. Studies have shown that some small glaciers have reached the melting point in recent years, and some large glaciers may also reach the melting point in the middle of this century. The melting of glaciers means that China's future sustainable use of water resources will have a certain impact." Chao Qingchen said.
The situation announced by the China Meteorological Administration on the same day showed that the overall temperature in China in 2020 will be higher, and the average temperature will be 0.7°C higher than that of the same period of normal year. The climate is complex and changeable throughout the year, and extreme meteorological events occur frequently. Three consecutive typhoons affected the Northeast within a month, and the high temperature and low rainfall in South China led to the continuous development of meteorological drought....
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Chao Qingchen said that the impact of climate change is stronger and faster than expected. As certain thresholds of the climate system are reached, it will bring irreversible effects and cause a series of chain reactions.
Studies have shown that by around 2050, the socio-economic losses caused by climate change may increase by 2 to 20 times.
The whole world regards climate change as a major challenge facing human society.
"The Meteorological Department will continue to do a good job in the basic work of China's response to climate change, including further strengthening the construction of comprehensive greenhouse gas monitoring capabilities, gradually realizing the integrated carbon cycle monitoring and evaluation of ground, high-altitude, and satellite observations, and taking stock of global climate change Carbon peak and carbon peak assessment play a role." Chao Qingchen said.
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