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Climate Trends and Impacts in China

This discussion paper summarizes observed and projected trends in extreme weather events, present-day climate variability, and future climate change and their impacts on China's different regions. Findings are presented from China's natio...

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Main Author:	Sall, Chris
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABS ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ADVERSE EFFECTS AEROSOLS AGRICULTURE AGROMETEOROLOGY AIR AIR CONDITIONING ANNUAL PRECIPITATION APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES BAROMETRIC PRESSURE BASINS BIODIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGY BIOMASS BURNING COAL CASE STUDIES CHARACTERISTICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE CHIEF SCIENTIST CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE CONDITIONS CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE IMPACT CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE PREDICTION CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SCENARIO CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE STABILIZATION CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL CLIMATE TRENDS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE WARMING CLIMATIC CHANGES CLIMATIC RESEARCH CLIMATOLOGY CLOUDINESS CO CO2 COAST COASTAL AREAS COASTAL RESEARCH COASTAL ZONES COASTS COLORS CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION CONVECTION CORAL REEFS CROPLAND CROPS DAILY TEMPERATURE DAMAGES DAMS DATA SETS DATA SOURCES DESALINATION DESERTIFICATION DESERTS DRAINAGE DROUGHT DUST ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ECOLOGY ECOSYSTEM ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS SCENARIO EMISSIONS SCENARIOS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH EROSION CONTROL EVAPORATION EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME HEAT EXTREME PRECIPITATION EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURE EXTREME TEMPERATURE EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURES EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FERTILIZATION FLOODING FLOODPLAINS FLOODS FOREST FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST FIRE FOREST FIRES FOREST SUCCESSION FORESTRY FORESTS FRESHWATER FROST FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GCM GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL GLACIAL MELTWATER GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL GLOBAL WARMING GRASSLANDS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDWATER GROWING SEASON HAIL HIGH TEMPERATURES HOUSING HUMAN ACTIVITY HURRICANES HYDROLOGICAL MODEL HYDROLOGICAL MODELS HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES HYDROLOGY ICE ICE SHEET IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INSURANCE INTENSE RAINFALL INTENSE STORMS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC LAND AREAS LAND DEGRADATION LAND SUBSIDENCE LAND USE LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE MANGROVES MARINE BIOTA MELTING GLACIERS METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION METEOROLOGY MICROBES MONSOONS NATIONAL CLIMATE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL SCALE NEGATIVE IMPACTS NONPOINT SOURCE OZONE PHYSICS PLANTATION POLLUTANTS POWER PLANTS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION EVENTS PRECIPITATION PATTERNS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF WATER RAIN RAINFALL RAINY DAYS RANGES REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL REGIONAL CLIMATE SCENARIOS RESERVOIRS RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE RIVER RUNOFF SAND SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SCIENTISTS SEA LEVEL RISE SEA-LEVEL SEA-LEVEL RISE SEASONAL PRECIPITATION SOLAR RADIATION SPECIES STORM SURGES STORMS SUMMER RAINFALL SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE TEMPERATURES SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATERS TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGE TEMPERATURE CHANGES TEMPERATURE EXTREMES TEMPERATURE RANGE TEMPERATURES TOPOGRAPHY TROPICAL CYCLONES TROPICAL STORMS TYPHOONS VARIABILITY IN RAINFALL VARIABILITY OF RAINFALL VEGETATION VEGETATIVE COVER VEGETATIVE GROWTH WARMER TEMPERATURES WATER TREATMENT WAVES WETLANDS WIND WIND DAMAGE WIND EROSION WIND SPEEDS WINDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/19102138/climate-trends-impacts-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17558