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(Bloomberg) The temperature rise in some parts of Chinaâs major metropolitan areas could reach 2.6 degrees Celsius by 2100 and extend summer by about a month in those regions, according to Greenpeace East Asia.
An analysis of potential impacts from extreme heat and rainfall found higher climate risks in three of Chinaâs major city clusters Beijing, Shanghai and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen area. Thereâs also a quickly rising threat to communities further out, the environmental group said in a report published Wednesday.
Assuming that global emissions reach a peak around 2040, the âintermediate scenarioâ described by the United Nationsâ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Beijingâs metropolitan area would experience the highest temperature increase with an average increase of 2.2°C to 2.4°C. Shanghai, the Pearl River Delta and the Guangdong-Shenzhen area, which houses one of Chinaâs biggest manufactur
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