China’s Key Cities Face Future Risk From Hotter, Longer Summers
- Parts of Beijing could be as much as 2.6°C hotter by 2100
- Greenpeace releases report of impacts on metropolitan areas
People try to beat the heat as the temperature reaches 32 degrees Celsius in Dalian.
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The temperature rise in some parts of China’s 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 China’s major city clusters -- Beijing, Shanghai and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen area. There’s also a quickly rising threat to communities further out, the environmental group said in a report published Wednesday.