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The environment of China (Chinese: 中国的环境) comprises diverse biotas, climates, and geologies. Rapid industrialization , population growth, and lax environmental oversight have caused many environmental issues and large-scale pollution.
Environmental issues in China had risen in tandem with the country's rapid industrialisation, as well as lax environmental oversight especially during the early 2000s. China was ranked 120th out of the 180 countries on the 2020 Environmental Performance Index .
The immense population growth in the People's Republic of China since the 1980s has resulted in increased soil pollution. [citation needed] The State Environmental Protection Administration believes it to be a threat to the environment, food safety and sustainable agriculture. 38,610 square miles (100,000 km 2) of China's cultivated land have been polluted, with contaminated water being used ...
1 Environment of China. Toggle Environment of China subsection. 1.1 Biota. 1.2 Geography and climate. 1.3 Land. 1.4 Water. ... Toggle Environmental policy and law ...
Climate change is having major effects on the Chinese economy, society and the environment. [1] [2] China is the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, through an energy infrastructure heavily focused on coal.
'Last, best hope' to fight climate change. International cooperation on cutting greenhouse gas emissions is essential to reaching the Paris Agreement's target of limiting climate change to 1.5 ...
Despite this, China's role as the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide can be seen as strategy to boost China's power to influence global environmental changes. Environmental scholars are aware that Xi's emphasis on "green development" shows recognition on the issues of climate change, even if economic interests can often overshadow ...
China conducted a large-scale soil quality sampling analysis nationwide from 2005 to 2013, [83] and according to the National Soil Pollution Survey Bulletin promulgated by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China in 2014, the total national soil exceedance rate (the percentage that exceeds the upper limit value) was 16.1%, of which ...