Roles of State Strategy of Adaptation to Climate Change in China |
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| Authors: | Jiang Dongmei Wang Can Huang Shanfeng Zhang Mengheng |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing , 100084 , China;2. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse , College of Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu , 210093 , China;3. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse , College of Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing , Jiangsu , 210093 , China;4. Department of International Cooperation , State Environmental Protection Administration of China , Beijing , 100035 , China |
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| Abstract: | Abstract For the adverse impacts of climate change, China government should place the problem of adaptation to climate change on the agenda. It is time to institute and implement a state adaptive strategy to reduce the adverse impacts on economy, community and people's health and life by international cooperation and our own endeavor. A state strategy of adaptation to climate change should be closely linked with other current interrelated national strategies, and they should be supplemented and improved by each other. This paper discusses the roles of the state strategy of adaptation to climate change in the state climate change integrative strategy, the environmental protection strategy, and the sustainable development strategy in China. Furthermore, it proposes the main aims of the state adaptive strategy of China. |
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| Keywords: | adaptation to climate change state strategy roles |
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