Intro: Last year, China released its Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for 2035. Below is an excerpt from this document, click here to read full version of this strategy
Actively participate in the work of adaptation under the multilateral framework. We should fully engage in adaptation negotiations under the main channels such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement, and properly coordinate international and domestic work. We should fully engage in the assessment process of the IPCC to improve China's scientific assessment capacity for climate change. We also need to improve rescue capabilities and actively participate in international humanitarian rescue operations for disasters caused by climate change. In addition, the cultivation and exchange of international talents to deal with climate change should be strengthened.
Expand opportunities for international cooperation on climate change adaptation. We should actively participate in international cooperation on adaptation, tell the PRC’s story of climate change adaptation, and enhance the PRC’s influence in the field of adaptation. We should also further expand the areas of cooperation with international institutions such as the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), strengthen pragmatic cooperation with developed countries, multilateral financial institutions such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and the New Development Bank, and performance fund mechanisms such as Green Climate Fund and Global Environment Facility, and reinforce the synergies with the performance of other international environmental conventions, so as to enhance climate adaptability.
Strengthen South–South cooperation on climate change adaptation. We should strengthen policy exchanges and mutual experience learning with relevant developing countries, and carry out exchanges and training on adaptation talents. We should strengthen South–South cooperation on climate change adaptation in sectors such as agricultural production, water resources management, disaster monitoring and early warning, and infrastructure construction, and within our reach, increase support for developing countries that are severely and adversely affected by climate change, such as the least developed countries, small island states and African countries.
