China: Climate Reports Highlight Agriculture

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   CH2024-0046
On December 29, 2023, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) submitted two major reports related to climate change to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): the Fourth National Communication on Climate Change (NC4) and the Third Biennial Update Report on Climate Change (BUR3). The reports summarize PRC climate change policy, actions, impacts, and progress achieved during the 13th Five-Year Plan (FYP) period (2016-2020). Substantial sections of the reports focus on agriculture and include climate related information dating back to 2017 and 2018.

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