According to BBC, Zheng Guogang, head of China's meteorological administration, told the Xinhua news agency that climate change could be a "serious threat" to major infrastructure projects. Zheng also said that increases in temperature in China were already topping global averages and exposing China to an increasing "risk of climate change and climate disasters."
As the world's biggest polluter, according to BBC, China expects its emissions of climate changing gases to peak by 2030, but a date to cut emissions of gases like carbon dioxide has not been set. China and the United States emit a combined 45 percent of the world's greenhouse gases. The two countries have vowed to reduce their carbon imprints, but some fear it will be "too little, too late."
"To face the challenges from past and future climate change, we must respect nature and live in harmony with it," Zheng said told Xinhua, according to BBC. "We must promote the idea of nature and emphasize climate security."
