Dire Warnings From First Chinese Climate Change Report

Earth News: Climate Change Analysis
Image: Graphic chart showing average temperature rise projections in China from 2000 to 2100, following the release of a government report that says the climate will warm significantly in coming decades.(AFP)

December 27, 2006
BEIJING (AFP) - Temperatures in China will rise significantly in coming decades and water shortages will worsen, state media has reported, citing the government's first national assessment of global climate change.
"Greenhouse gases released due to human activity are leading to ever more serious problems in terms of climate change," the Ministry of Science and Technology said in a statement.
"Global climate change has an impact on the nation's ability to develop further," said the ministry, one of 12 government departments that prepared the report.
In just over a decade, global warming will start to be felt in the world's most populous country, and it will get warmer yet over th