The Chinese coasts reached last year the highest sea level height recorded in the last 40 years, a trend that has intensified especially in the last decade, according to a report by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Asian country released on Monday.
During 2021 the sea level was 84 millimeters higher than between 1993 and 2011, according to the document, collected by the state agency Xinhua and which attributes the phenomenon to the fact that global warming is causing the glaciers to melt and also to the erosion of the coast.
The main marine natural disasters suffered by China last year consisted of storm floods and damage related to sea waves and ice, and caused direct economic losses of 3.07 billion yuan (459 million dollars, 412.9 million euros). .
The official document highlights that the country is taking preventive measures in this area, among which it cites projects to prevent or control natural disasters, the protection and rehabilitation of the coastal belt and the improvement of its maritime observation network and early warning system.
China, the country responsible for the largest amount of carbon dioxide emissions in the world (28.5% of the global total in 2018, according to the Global Carbon Atlas), has set itself the goal of reaching peak CO2 emissions before 2030 to reach net zero emissions by 2060.
A report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) predicted in 2017 that climate change will cause “devastating consequences” in the Asia-Pacific region by increasing the temperature by six degrees on average by the end of this century.
Said evaluation warned of a one-meter increase in sea level by the year 2100, a rise that will place 19 of the 25 cities most exposed to a rise in sea level in the region at risk of flooding.
It also predicted temperature rises of up to 8 degrees Celsius in several countries, including in the northwestern part of China, as well as an increase in rainfall of up to 50% and the formation of more intense typhoons. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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