China says climate change is a fact; and they've got a problem

China says climate change is a fact; and they've got a problem

Climate change is a fact, says China

Xie Zhenhua, a deputy director at China's powerful economic ministry, the National Development and Reform Commission, answered that he believed that made-made climate change denial is, at best, a very marginal view.

"Climate change is a fact based on long-time observations by countries around the world," he said.

"There are two different views regarding the causes for global warming.

"The mainstream view is that climate change is caused by burning of fossil fuel in the course of industrialisation.

"There's a more extreme view which holds that human activity has only an imperceptible impact on the natural system."

He should have added: that extreme view is basically WRONG.


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I coulda told them that.

He talks about the atmosphere, but they've also got problems with water pollution and water quality, too much use of fertilizer, degradation of the coastal zone, overfishing, desertification and dust storms, urban air quality: it's a long list. And if it keeps getting worse, the people are going to start getting restive.