Climate Change

Earth Science and Climate Change Policies

In 2017, China was the world’s leading electrode of heat-trapping gases by a good margin. Its policies for limiting emissions can have a big impact on the world climate for many years to come back. China’s leaders have declared that the impacts of global {climate change|temperature change} “pose an enormous challenge to the survival and development of the human race” which China is “one of the foremost vulnerable countries to the adverse impacts of climate change.” The Chinese government has adopted short- and medium-term goals for limiting emissions and a wide-ranging set of policies that contribute to satisfy the goals.

• Increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations

• Ecosystem structure

• Loss of Marine Biodiversity

• Shorelines

• Coral reefs