Climate Change Factors: Impacts on China, Population, Funding Needs

This essay provides an in-depth analysis of the impacts of climate change on China, focusing on the country's high pollution levels and resulting environmental challenges. It examines the effects of rising temperatures, sea levels, and increased natural disasters, particularly in coastal regions and the Tibetan Plateau. The essay highlights the displacement of millions of people and the need for adaptation strategies, including adjustments to lifestyle and health concerns. It also identifies the significant funding requirements at local, regional, and international levels for mitigating climate change impacts. The importance of cooperation between local, regional, and international bodies is emphasized to ensure effective and universal mitigation strategies. The essay concludes by underscoring the severe consequences of climate change in China and the necessity for comprehensive, collaborative solutions involving governmental and international efforts to reduce pollutants and promote sustainable practices.

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Introduction
Climate issue is one of the biggest problems in the current time every country around the
world is getting affected by this. In this is case, one of the major countries being affected is
China. They are highest emitter of pollutants in the world and thus the impacts are also severe on
the Chinese people (Rohde and Muller). China is facing the worst air pollution in the recent time
with their majors are choked with smog. This is mainly due to the reason that China is having the
highest consumer of coal and coal based energy, which is the major source of air pollutions.
Already China is facing issues such as average increase in temperature and rise in the sea level.
This situation is further increasing the threat of natural disasters and China already faced a
number of disasters such as drought and flood.
In this essay, the specific impacts on China due to the change in climate will be discussed
along with discussion on the requirements for the local population. In addition, this essay will
also discuss about the funding requirements for mitigating the identified issues. The role of the
government and other international bodies in this case will also be discussed.
Identification of the impacts
One of the major impacts to get emerged from climate change in China will be the rise in
temperature in the Tibetan Plateau. This will lead to the increase in sea levels and will cause
flooding in the coastal regions. The intensity and impact of the coastal flood will be more due to
the reason that major cities of China such as Shanghai are located in the coastal regions (Cheng
et al.). It is also reported that rise in the sea level will lead to displacement of more than 60
million people. On the other hand, it is also reported that climate change will have different and
diverse impacts on northern and southern China. This is due to the reason that Northern China

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will face from lack of water resources due to increase in temperature and southern China will
face extreme rainfall, which will lead to flooding situation. This should also be noted that
flooding and drought situation will be the root causes for other natural disasters in the long term.
Requirement for the local population
The major requirement for the local population in adjusting with the climate change is
displacing from their native place. This is due to the reason that coastal areas will be the first
regions to get affected from the climate change. They will be required to change their native
place a take a safer shelter (He et al.,). However, it should also be noted that this will cause to
huge movement of the population and change in the demographics. Another major adjustment
for the population will be use of safety in reducing their exposure to the pollutants. It is also
reported that a major portion of Chinese population are opting for face mask and air purifier in
fighting with the issues. On the other hand, they also have to adjust with the different climatic
factors such as frequent change in the weather and temperature. It is reported that some of the
Chinese regions are facing unnatural rainfall and thunderstorms, which will be more in the
coming time. Thus, the population will have to adjust with this phenomenon. The population will
also have to face health issues in terms of both mental and physical state (Zhao et al.,)). This is
due to the reason that climate change will cause change in weather that will further led to mental
and physical disturbances.
Identification of the funding requirements
The climatic issues identified in the above sections in China are having the requirement
for extensive level of funding. This is due to the reason that climatic issues in China are having
huge impacts and intensity and also these are long rooted problems. Thus, funding will be

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required from the local level, regional level and international level. In terms of the local level,
funding from the local authorities will help in proper mitigation of the issues according to the
ground level requirements (Lu et al.,). On the other hand, in the regional level, government will
play the role of allocating fund for different schemes, which will have larger impact in mitigating
the climatic issues. In terms of the international level, the financial assistances from the
international bodies are also helpful in mitigation process of climatic change. Bodies such as
World Bank and international monetary fund are having dedicated funding process for the
environment related issues (Chen et al.,). This will help in seamless flow of the funds for the
different schemes and activities of mitigating the climate change factors.
Requirement of cooperation
Apart from the funding, cooperation between the local and international power is
important due to the reason that issues of climate change are not limited to China or any other
specific countries. The challenges being faced by China due to the change in climate are also
being faced by other countries. Thus, initiation of the mitigation measures only by the Chinese
government and authoritative bodies will not be enough in the global terms (Fajersztajn et al.,).
Thus, the more effective will be the cooperation between the local, regional and international
bodies, the more holistic will be the mitigation measures in the global scenario. In addition, it
should also be noted that cooperation between the different authoritative bodies is important due
to the reason that the mitigation strategy for the issues of climatic changes will only be
successful and effective if these strategies are universal and having singular approach (Lu et al.,).
This is due to the reason that if the migration measures of any government are causing adverse
impact on the climate of China, then the entire mitigation process will get diluted. On the other

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hand, it is also to be seen that mitigation efforts of the Chinese government should not have any
negative impacts on other countries.
Initiation and existence of cooperation between the local, regional and international
bodies will help in determining the needs and situations being faced by different countries and
building the mitigation measures in consensus manner. In addition, cooperation between the
different bodies will ensure that the root cause issues faced by the local bodies will be effectively
communicated to the national and international levels and funding process will be done
accordingly (Foster and Garduno). It is not possible for the international bodies in determining
the local reasons in different regions and how these regions are getting affected by the change in
climate. On the other hand, the local bodies are not having capability in terms of resources to
mitigate the climate change issues (Brauer et al.,). Thus, it can be concluded that the proper
cooperation between the different bodies will help in enhancing the effectiveness of the entire
process of mitigation for climate change issues.
Conclusion
This essay concluded that China is facing one of the worst scenarios of impacts from the
change in climate. This is mainly due to the reason that they are the largest polluter in the world
and thus impact on them is also. In addition, in this essay it is also identified that the impact of
the climate change on the Chinese population are huge and may cause displacement from their
native place. In accordance to this issue, this essay concluded that as of now, Chinese
government is curbing on the vehicular movement, banning older diesel vehicles, promoting
electric mobility and halting the construction projects mainly in the winter season. This is

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causing minimal impact on the entire issues. In addition, China is also targeting to reduce the use
of coal gradually, which will help in reducing the pollutants.

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