Climate change threatens China’s booming coastal cities, says expert

With an ageing society and more people living by the coast, China faces a challenge coping with climate change, reports China Daily

A recent study led by Georgina Mace, ecosystem professor at University College London, indicated that governments across the world have failed to grasp the risk that population booms in coastal cities pose as climate change continues to cause rises in sea levels and extreme weather events. Mace is director of the UCL Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research.