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Assessment of Climate-Resilient City Pilots in China

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  • Lin FU

    (National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), F4 Environmental Conventions Building, No. 5 Houyingfang Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 100035, China)

  • Xiu YANG

    (Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development (ICCSD), 214 Main Building, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Dongyu ZHANG

    (National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), F4 Environmental Conventions Building, No. 5 Houyingfang Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 100035, China)

  • Ying CAO

    (National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), F4 Environmental Conventions Building, No. 5 Houyingfang Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 100035, China)

Abstract

In early 2017, China officially implemented the pilot program of the construction of climate-resilient cities in 28 regions, and these pilots have taken a series of initiatives to adapt to climate change. Based on the research and practice on climate change adaptation worldwide, this paper constructs an evaluation indicator system for climate-resilient cities with six primary indicators and 15–21 secondary indicators to assess the progress of the pilot program in a comprehensive manner. The study shows that the consciousness of climate adaptation has been strengthened, their adaptive capacity has been improved, and their climate change monitoring capacity and the basic adaptive capacity have been enhanced. Meanwhile, each pilot city has carried out unique system and mechanism innovation and international cooperation and exchange activities, but the progress is uneven, and there is still room for improvement in the overall adaptive capacity. It is recommended that a system for evaluating the progress of the climate-resilient city pilots be established as soon as possible, and that the review of the adaptation actions and highlights of the city pilots be strengthened, so as to raise the political status of the pilot areas and strengthen their consciousness of climate change adaptation.

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  • Lin FU & Xiu YANG & Dongyu ZHANG & Ying CAO, 2021. "Assessment of Climate-Resilient City Pilots in China," Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies (CJUES), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 9(01), pages 1-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:cjuesx:v:09:y:2021:i:01:n:s2345748121500056
    DOI: 10.1142/S2345748121500056
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    Cited by:

    1. Xiaofan Zhao & Ye Qi, 2022. "Three Decades of Climate Policymaking in China: A View of Learning," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-16, February.
    2. Li Zong & Fan Yang & Xinsheng Pei, 2022. "Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Territory Spatial Planning Systems: Challenges and Approaches Based on Practices in Guiyang," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-18, December.

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