Climate Risk Country Profile : China

Climate change is a major risk to good development outcomes, and the World Bank Group is committed to playing an important role in helping countries integrate climate action into their core development agendas. The World Bank Group (WBG) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are committed to supporting client countries to invest in and build a low-carbon, climate-resilient future, helping them to be better prepared to adapt to current and future climate impacts. The People’s Republic of China is the world’s second largest economy and the largest country by population, with over 1.4 billion people. The country is highly diverse, both in geography and ethnography. The country’s geography can be generally divided into four regions. The Southern region, consisting of hilly terrain and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The Northern region, consisting of low productivity plains and deserts, including Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The Western Region, consisting of high-altitude plains and mountains in Tibet Autonomous Region, and the Eastern region, which can be sub-divided into the Central Plain, North Plain, and the Northeast Plain, consisting of alluvial plains of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, and a densely populated coastline. As of 2018 China contained six cities with populations over 10 million.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	World Bank Group, Asian Development Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC and Asian Development Bank, Manila 2021-09-24
Subjects:	CLIMATE RISK, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, NATURAL DISASTER, HEATWAVE, DROUGHT, FLOOD, CYCLONE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/696911632461664635/China-Climate-Risk-Country-Profile http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36376
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