Hot Women
Campaign China
The Hot Women campaign is about Chinese women recognising the crucial
role they can play in the global warming debate. Our attitude to our planet
is vital for its survival.
China accounts
for nearly 15% of the world’s greenhouse gases ranking second heaviest
after the US, and as a rapidly developing industrialised nation this is
set to continue with growth at almost 10 per cent each year as millions
of Chinese spend their fast-rising incomes.
China is
still the world’s biggest producer and consumer of coal but is trying
to develop alternative energy sources. It also implements a one-child
policy which has reduced population by 300 million births since the late
70s.
How
Global Warming is affecting China
While
China is currently contributing to anthropogenic climate change, it is
also suffering the impacts or our rapidly changing climate.
Glaciers
on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau known as the Roof f the world (where the
rivers Yangtze, Yellow, Brahmaputra, Mekong and Salween rivers all originate)
have been melting at a rate of 7 per cen .annually triggering drought,
desertification and sandstorms. In the worst storm on April 17, 2007 an
estimated 336,000 tons of dust fell on Beijing, leaving the air quality
in the capital at hazardous levels.
Last year
Bejing experienced its warmest winter for 30 years, according to the China
Daily. In the north-west parts of the Shaanxi province saw as little as
10% of the average rainfall which meant that 300,000 people went short
of drinking water.
Experts
are predicting a 3 to 4 degree rise in temperatures by the end of this
century. Chinese winters will become less cold, but there is higher likelihood
of heavy rainfall and high summer temperatures.
Chinese
Actress Zhou Xun is heading up an environmental campaign to raise awareness
on environmental challengesin China. She is committe to promoting a sustainable
lifestyle saying that she wants to send a message that is hip and stylish
but also sincere and impactful. read
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