BEIJING: Dramatic swings between extreme heat and intense rainfall are
Officials have warned repeatedly China is especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its large population and unevenly distributed water supplies, even as infrastructure is built and policies are rolled out to bolster the country's climate resilience.The average number of high-temperature days stood at 4.1 in January to June, already higher than the full-year average of 2.2 days. Temperatures are expected to climb further in July and August.
Rainfall in Yunnan province in the southwest plummeted 55 per cent on year in January to May. State media said in June that 3 million hectares of farmland had already suffered from drought.Heatwaves spur demand for electricity to cool homes, malls and offices, taxing power supply and even triggering blackouts. In June, a first-ever emergency drill was conducted in eastern China to cope with large-scale outages.
Last year, China approved 260 million metric tons of new mining capacity and even reopened mothballed mines. Local governments also approved at least 20.45 gigawatts of new coal power capacity in the first quarter of 2023, more than the whole of 2021.Earlier this year, the worst rains in a decade struck wheat fields in central provinces just before the harvest season. That caused early germination of the grain, and 15 per cent of the crop was unfit for human consumption.
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