Climate services for addressing climate change: Indication of a climate livable city in China

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Yu-Jie, Wang, Yu, Chen, Hewitt, Chris, Wei-Hua, Ding, Lian-Chun, Song, Wan-Xiu, Ai, Zhen-Yun, Han, Xiu-Cang, Li and Zi-Li, Huang. 2021. "Climate services for addressing climate change: Indication of a climate livable city in China." Advances in Climate Change Research. 12 (5), pp. 744-751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2021.07.006
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Climate services for addressing climate change: Indication of a climate livable city in China

ERA Journal ID211635
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsYu-Jie, Wang (Author), Yu, Chen (Author), Hewitt, Chris (Author), Wei-Hua, Ding (Author), Lian-Chun, Song (Author), Wan-Xiu, Ai (Author), Zhen-Yun, Han (Author), Xiu-Cang, Li (Author) and Zi-Li, Huang (Author)
Journal TitleAdvances in Climate Change Research
Journal Citation12 (5), pp. 744-751
Number of Pages8
Year2021
PublisherKeAi Publishing Communications Ltd.
Place of PublicationChina
ISSN1674-9278
2524-1761
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2021.07.006
Web Address (URL)https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674927821001052
Abstract

China, like many countries, is under great pressure to reduce climate change and adapt to current situations while simultaneously undertaking economic development and transformation. This study takes advantage of climate opportunities and provides a new concept and mode of urban climate services in order to address climate change. Eighteen indicators based on climate and climate-related variables were used to provide an assessment, in the form of an index, of how livable a city is depending on prevailing climatic conditions. The resulting index can also be used to investigate how recent and future changes in the climatic conditions could affect livability. All Chinese cities and regions share the common goals of promoting low-carbon development, improving resilience against climate change, and integrating economic growth with climate actions. Climate services have been developed in China to provide decision-makers this measure of livability. Such a move facilitates sustainable development alongside economic growth by aiding government efforts in climate adaptation and low-carbon development. Our approach represents multidisciplinary and demand-driven research on adaptation to and the impacts of regional climate change, thereby transforming climate science into a climate service and ensuring that climate information can be provided in a scientific, practical, and customized way for policy-makers. The outputs can be used locally to take concrete climate actions and integrate climate services into decision-making processes.

KeywordsClimate services; Addressing climate change; Climate livable city; China
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020410199. Climate change impacts and adaptation not elsewhere classified
Byline AffiliationsNanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
China Meteorological Administration, China
University of Southern Queensland
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
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