Shanghai will start to go under water if the global temperature increase.
Commercial Harbor people’s Republic of China — Shanghai highly dependent on climatic changes on the planet, despite the fact that the city spends billions on defense.
According to a report by us research firm Climate Central, located in the lowland mega-cities, from the point of view of the population most exposed to the risk of increase of level of world ocean.
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The increase in temperature of the planet by 2 degrees Celsius will cause the flooding of the lands now inhabited 11.6 million people — today it is the most significant figure. But if temperature rises by 4 degrees Celsius, it are threatened already with 22.4 million inhabitants of Shanghai.
The intergovernmental panel on climate change, the UN considers Shanghai one of the Asian cities, which will most often be prone to flood by 2070. Today the city authorities are trying to build a system of protection against the frequent showers, the old resources are no longer enough. Over the past two years the city has observed the rains, at which in just one hour had 100 mm of rainfall, despite the fact that urban systems can cope with a maximum level of 36 mm. this year will begin construction of an underground tunnel that cost 6 billion dollars to ensure the flow of water during rainstorms, it is also planned to reconstruct the wall, with a height of 135 m and a length of 500 km, was built along the coast.
However, experts warn that these measures are not enough, because in General there are five more cities in China are also at risk of flooding. And according to the world health organization, seven of the ten most polluted cities are in China. Recently, the government has done a lot to mitigate climate change, even ratified the Paris climate agreement, but it is insufficient waste from the chemical and mining industries continue to damage the environment.
The dissatisfaction of local residents limited the government’s efforts in solving the problem of environmental pollution has forced several of them to go on protests over the past few years.
Chinese authorities decided to partly protect itself and forbidden to publish official reports on the subject of climate change, they are intended solely for the perusal of the authorities, which at the moment is not willing to sacrifice economic development and to take drastic measures to reduce pollution in the country and the world.
