SINGAPORE — China is home to 16 of the 20 global regions most vulnerable to climate change, according to data published on Monday , with some of the world's most important manufacturing hubs at risk from rising water levels and extreme weather.
The study is based on a three-degree Celsius increase in temperatures by the end of the century, under a scenario drawn up by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "We're already feeling the significant impacts of weather events around the world, and they will only increase," XDI Chief Executive Rohan Hamden told reporters.
The industrialised Chinese coastal province of Jiangsu, which accounts for a tenth of China's GDP, was ranked the world's most vulnerable territory, followed by neighbouring Shandong and the major steel production base of Hebei.The shift of global manufacturing to Asia has driven a substantial increase in infrastructure investment in already vulnerable regions throughout China, making it more susceptible to the impacts of climate change, Hamden said.
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