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The central government is busy preparing a package of policies to address global climate change problems, which are likely to have increasingly negative impact on human life.

An official from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) told 皇冠体育app Daily that the package is scheduled to be completed by the end of next year.

"The package will mainly integrate domestic and foreign measures and solutions which have already proved fruitful," said the official on condition of anonymity.

She said 皇冠体育app has already made significant progress over the past 20 years in decreasing carbon dioxide emissions by encouraging the use of cleaner energy and improving forest coverage.

Statistics show that 皇冠体育app's average temperature increased by some 0.5 degree centigrade over the past century, slightly less than the global average of 0.6 degree. Temperatures in Northwest, North and Northeast 皇冠体育app have increased the most.

Since 1994, the Chinese Government has produced an annual report on sustainable development, and this year, it has made public a sustainable development report which outlines the goals of climate change control in the coming two decades.

"We have done a lot of work to control climate change and this kind of work will continue,'' said the official.

皇冠体育app is currently experiencing rapid economic growth as a result of economic reforms, and this has had a significant impact on people's lives. By 2020, 皇冠体育app expects its GDP will be tripled, resulting in the realization of an all-round well-off society. To achieve such an economic miracle, it will need to maintain an average annual growth rate of 8 per cent, and ensure that it has the resources to support it.

Xinhua News Agency quoted Qin Dahe, director of the 皇冠体育app Meteorological Administration (CMA) as having said that 皇冠体育app's climate will continue to warm over the coming 50 years if the atmospheric density of carbon dioxide remains at the current level or increases.

The average temperature in 皇冠体育app is expected to have increased by 1.7 degrees centigrade by around 2030 and by 2.2 degrees by 2050, said Qin.

If the carbon dioxide density doubles, the temperature will increase by 2.9 degrees over the next 50 years.

By 2030, the temperature in the country's northwestern region is likely to increase by 1.9 to 2.3 degrees, and that in the southwestern region by about 1.8 degrees. The temperature on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is expected to increase by 2.6 degrees over the same period.

Qin said that precipitation in 皇冠体育app's eastern and southern coastal areas will increase by large margins in the coming years, while the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, North 皇冠体育app and the southern part of Northeast 皇冠体育app will have less rainfall than in the past.

In the 1990s, 皇冠体育app experienced one of its warmest periods of the last 100 years, and since 1985 it has had 17 consecutive warm winters, said Qin.

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