China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) said at a State Council
briefing on Oct. 21 that it is coordinating with other departments to strengthen
top-level planning to reduce climate-change risks and damage. The MEE reiterated
a dual emphasis on mitigation and adaptation, and said it will bolster climate
monitoring, early warning and risk management, raise adaptation capacity in
priority sectors, and integrate climate adaptation across economic and social
planning while improving protection and health adaptation for vulnerable groups.
All 31 provincial-level regions have issued adaptation action plans, and the
public health sector has published a National Climate Change Health Adaptation
Action Plan. The MEE is drafting reform documents to strengthen coordination and
accelerate a full-chain closed loop — observation and forecasting, risk
assessment, adaptation actions, outcome feedback and iterative optimization — to
advance climate-resilient development and support a climate-adaptive society.
