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Climate change in China
China has warmed 1.6 °C on average, faster than the world as a whole (+1.1 °C over the same period).
China: national average temperature, 1950–2025 (°C)
1950 → 2025. China's warming stripes.
China's CO₂ emissions
China: annual CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and industry (million tonnes)
Cities in China
Frequently asked questions
How much has China warmed?
Averaged over the whole country, the last ten years (2016–2025) were 1.6 °C warmer than 1951–1980 according to Copernicus ERA5 — faster than the global average of 1.1 °C over the same period. Land areas warm faster than the oceans, so most countries warm faster than the global figure.
How much warmer will China be in 2050?
Climate models project China to be about 1.9 °C warmer in 2040–2059 than in 1995–2014 under an intermediate scenario (SSP2-4.5; model range 1.3–2.5 °C), and 2.4 °C under very high emissions (SSP5-8.5).
How much CO₂ does China emit?
China emitted 12.29 billion tonnes of CO₂ from fossil fuels and industry in 2024, 31.8% of the global total, or 8.7 tonnes per person — 1.8 times the world average. Historically it has emitted 15.4% of all CO₂ since 1750.
Sources: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal; Our World in Data – CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Global Carbon Project)
Licence: Temperature: ERA5 (CC BY 4.0) and CMIP6 (CC BY-SA 4.0) via World Bank CCKP. Emissions: Our World in Data, CC BY 4.0 (Global Carbon Budget). · Generated 17 October 2026 · Methodology