This paper reports on a regional climate change model developed to predict the impacts of climate change of Chinese agriculture. The model, developed by the UK’s Hadley Centre for Climate Change Predication and Research, took into account climate and soil variables, and the influence of higher atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide on plant metabolism.

Climate change is expected to affect the frequency and magnitudes of extreme events such as floods. This report describes a shift in China"s dependence on structural measures to a balanced approach using structural and nonstructural measures. The core of this integrated flood management is flood risk management, which is based on an analysis of flood hazard, exposure to flood hazard and vulnerability of people and property to danger.

This paper presents an assessment of climate risks from the existing climate as well as from a range of scenarios. It assesses the expected annual loss to economies from existing climate patterns, a projection of the extent to which future economic growth will put greater value at risk, and the incremental loss that could occur over a twenty-year period under a range of climate change scenarios based on the latest scientific knowledge.

This guidebook, based on a case study from Wuhan City, People"s Republic of China, bridges the gap between the theoretical analyses of climate change impact on the urban water sector and the planning decisions that municipal authorities and utility managers need to make to increase the sector"s climate change resilience. It answers questions that city planners and managers ask about the effects of climate change, particularly on services and utilities, and what we can be done to prepare for these.

This article analyses possible domestic emissions trading systems (ETS) for six developing countries: Brazil, China, India, Kazakhstan, Mexico, and South Korea. It also analyses the prospects of linking the developing countries to existing trading systems, in order to establish a harmonised international carbon market. It notes that the outlook of ETS differs from country to country. Brazil has established a stock exchange for voluntary carbon units which may precede a domestic trading scheme.

This study projects the impacts of climate change on China’s agricultural sector under a scenario that assumes a heterogeneous world with continuous population growth and regionally-oriented economic growth. The paper state that the effect of climate changes on rural incomes in China is complicated, drawing the following findings:

Recognizing that evapotranspiration (ET) represents the dominant consumptive use of water in the hydrologic cycle, this paper describes an approach to basin-scale water resources management based on ET.This study provides a water balance analysis for Hai Basin and the implementation of evapotranspiration (ET) management in the Basin to illustrate the ET management approach.

In recent years, China has grown into a major provider of coal power finance in overseas markets, replacing financing by major development institutions while providing potentially less stringent environmental guidelines.

In September 2015, China made a surprise announcement that it would commit to “controlling public investment flowing” into high carbon overseas projects.

Mechanisms for support to Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) have potential to upscale adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices in developing countries. Discussions of both NAMAs and agricultural mitigation have focused on methodologies for estimating emission reductions and data requirements for MRV. But the quality and credibility of NAMA MRV is also determined by institutional processes for MRV.

The report looks at the efforts that have been made for the development of advanced coal technologies in China through indigenous innovation and international technology transfer. It calls for increased government support that can have more meaningful impacts on firms" technology choices.