The world’s biggest carbon dioxide polluter, China, like the rest of the world, faces a significant rise in average temperatures
China recorded its warmest autumn since records began in 1961, the National Climate Center said today, 1.5 degrees warmer than average.
Between September 1 and November 30, the average temperature nationwide was 11.8 degrees, compared to the average of 10.3 degrees, the institute said in a post on the Chinese social network Wechat.
The world’s largest carbon dioxide (CO2) polluter, China, like the rest of the world, is facing a significant rise in average temperatures leading to increasingly frequent heatwaves, droughts and floods.
China has also experienced rapid urbanization and industrialization that have increased urban heat islands.
Beijing has promised that CO2 emissions will peak in 2030 before becoming net zero in 2060.
The extreme temperatures recorded in autumn affected the Chinese territory differently, the National Climate Center explained in a lengthy publication.
Temperatures rose more sharply in the center of the country, with a rise of between 4 and 6 degrees in some areas of Chiangxi or Hubei provinces, but also in the west, such as in Xinjiang.
A total of 16 provinces and regions, including Liaoning, Tianjin and Chongqing have recorded record temperatures since 1961.
China had already recorded its hottest August since 1961 and endured a summer marked by extreme weather and heatwaves that hit many of its northern and western regions.
Source: Skai
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