Assessment of Climate-Resilient City Pilots in China

Lin Fu, Xiu Yang, Dongyu Zhang and Ying Cao
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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

Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies (CJUES), 2021, vol. 09, issue 01, 1-16

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.

Keywords: Climate-resilient city; climate change adaptation; evaluation indicator system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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