China has attached great importance to addressing climate change and has released annual reports on policies and actions to address climate change for 11 consecutive years. This annual report, China’s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change 2019, is issued to enable all parties to fully understand China's actions, policies and accomplishments in addressing climate change from 2018 onwards. The annual report covers eight aspects, including mitigating climate change, adapting to climate change, planning and institutional development, strengthening basic capabilities, broad participation of the whole society, active participation in global climate governance, strengthening international exchanges and cooperation, as well as China's basic position and proposals for participating in the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25).The annual report highlights the efforts for dapting to climate change in key sectors such as agriculture, water resources, forests and other ecosystems, coastal zones and coastal ecosystems, human health, comprehensive disaster prevention and reduction, risk prevention and early warning of climate disasters.
Chine · 2019-11-01