New program will take climate fight to provinces

The authorities will introduce an ambitious program to combat climate change at the provincial level, with financial and technological support from the United Nations and Norway.

"It is the first time that the country will launch a pilot program to encourage local governments to face the issue and take practical measures," Shen Yiyang, an expert from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) who is working on the project, said.

Shen said the project will cover provinces and autonomous regions that are sensitive to climate change, such as Qinghai, Tibet and Ningxia, as well as fossil-fuel-intensive provinces and autonomous regions like Shanxi, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia and Hebei.