Climate Change Impacts in China

       The major impacts in China are mainly physical systems with only a bit of human and managed systems. There is a medium to high confidence in attribution to climate change along the physical systems of rivers, lakes, floods, and/or droughts. There is a low confidence in attribution to climate change in the human and managed systems in the food production sector. The key risks in Asia which is where China is located are flooding, heat related mortality, and drought-related water. There has been an "increase in risks of heat mortality which bring adaptation issues such as heat health warning systems, improvements of the built environments and developments of sustainable cities" (IPCC 2014 Report’s). There has also been  drought issues and food scarcity problems which bring the "adaptive water resource management and water infrastructure and reservoir development, along with reusing the water" (IPCC 2014 Report’s).
       There is a rainband known as the Meiyu-Changma-Baiu that happens each year during the summer months in China. A rainband is a " dark band in the solar spectrum caused by water vapor in the atmosphere" (Dictionary). There is a lot of precipitation during the summer months of East Asia. The weather in China does not get warm until the winter months which is something that is usually not the case in the United States. There is a projected "increase of extreme precipitation" over China
 during the warmer climates (IPCC).
       Like mentioned before, China has been having more warm days than cold days which has lead to extreme precipitation trends. China has a huge population and everyone needs water so water preservation is soon becoming a problem. There is also the slight worry that someday the food production will become really low and there would be regions in Asia that will have food scarcity problems. Since China is becoming more populated and more structures are being built over the vegetation, the growth rates of plants and species will begin declining. As the Arctic ice has been melting, it has been the cause for rising sea levels which affects the coastal regions of every country. Places like China need to begin thinking of creating sustainability in the city communities. East Asia is having more heat waves which can affect the health of the elderly or young children and animals. There are some diseases that can spread faster in heavy rain and warm temperatures like malaria. When the rain becomes heavier it causes flooding which could destroy the population in the areas that have high poverty. There is a need increasing for developing adaptation measures in the least developed parts of East Asia.
       I decided to look more into the human health, security, livelihoods, and poverty aspect of the climate change effect. I chose this subject because I am worried about how it affects people and affect the livelihoods. There is a higher rural poverty than there is of urban poverty and they have a heavy dependence on natural resources. Nobody likes being sick and in China there is an increase of epidemics reported right after floods and storms. Mosquito's are prone to being highly active right after a rainy day and that is one of the ways that disease is spread through. The flood waters are also known to become contaminated and have many toxins. It is sad to lose a loved one and it is more sad that a loved one has died due to climate change. There are many dust storms in East Asia where China can be located and it increases the risk of worsening asthmatic conditions. "Pathogens and parasites multiply faster at higher temperatures" which causes diarrheal diseases (IPCC). People may not know how intense climate changes actually affect the human health.

This picture is from China Profile.com and it shows the arable land as percentage of total cultivated land area.

This image is from epa.gov and it is the depitcion of the amount of  Global emissions from each country.