Singapore is not insulated from the impact of climate change. From 1980 to 2020, the annual mean temperature has increased from 26.9°C to 28.0°C. The mean sea level in the Straits of Singapore has also increased at the rate of 1.2mm to 1.7mm per year in the period 1975 to 2009.

Japan’s favourite flower, known as sakura usually reaches its blooming stage in mid-April. However, this year, the flowers bloomed much earlier, thereby making history. Reason behind this phenomenon is cited to be climate change. Reportedly, the peak bloom was witnessed on March 26 in Kyoto. As per experts, the leaves of these trees secrete a hormone that stops the flowers from blooming. The secretion of this hormone stops when the weather becomes warm, after which the flowers fully bloom. This year, due to high temperature and climate change, the flowers bloomed earlier as the hormone stopped secreting. 

In the past 50 years, the average air temperature has increased by 0.2 °C every 10 years in inland China, with the 1990s being the warmest decade of the past millennium. Of the 5000 glaciers in western China, about 82% are shrinking and the total area covered by glaciers has decreased by 4.5% (Liu et al., 2006).

Climate change caused an increase in sea level, threatening to impair the functions of harbors. Rising sea levels affect China's coastal land. Cities along the coast such as Shanghai, only 3–5 meters above sea level leaves its 18 million residents vulnerable.