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The vulnerability of ecosystems may increase due to future climate change. [29] [better source needed] In the years 1970-2016 the occurrence of crop pest and diseases increased 4 times. 22% of that rise are due to climate change. By the year 2100 the occurrence will rise 243% under a low emission scenario and by 460% under a high emissions ...
The local community has become resistant to the new changes due to their trickle-down effect. [11] Studies see the change from traditional practices to the market-based conservation intervention as hazardous to the resident's culture with nominal environmental benefits. [11]
Warming stripes of China between 1901 and 2019. Climate change is having major effects on the Chinese economy, society and the environment. [19] [20] China is the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, through an energy infrastructure heavily focused on coal.
The climate policy of China has a massive impact on global climate change, as China is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. Chinese plans to abide by carbon emission reduction goals involves peaking greenhouse gas emissions before 2030, and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060. [ 1 ]
Over the past 70 years, climate change seriously reduced China's food security, mainly by inducing drought and flooding. Flooding decreased the yields of rice by 8% over the last 20 years. As China is the biggest food producer and importer in the world, what happens in the agricultural sector of China has an immediate effect on the global food ...
The effects of climate change have put stress on Christmas tree production in the United States. Some farmers are turning to genetics to adapt. As climate change threatens Christmas trees, growers ...
The immense population growth in the People's Republic of China since the 1980s has resulted in increased soil pollution. [citation needed] The State Environmental Protection Administration believes it to be a threat to the environment, food safety and sustainable agriculture. 38,610 square miles (100,000 km 2) of China's cultivated land have been polluted, with contaminated water being used ...
“Especially the last four or five years, we were getting these forest fires every year, and that was largely due to climate change,” Whitehill said, citing the droughts that affected the region.