Heaviest rains in 140 years batter Beijing as China shies away from climate talks

Beijing: China’s capital city Beijing was battered recently by heaviest rains in 140 years in its history, giving rise to concerns about threatening climate change, The Guardian reported.

Climate change has never been more pronounced than what the world is experiencing in most recent days.

Erratic weather patterns come with a confusing mix of rain and shine with no balance, sometimes frying up earth, sometimes flooding.

Raising pulses of those concerned about the change, China’s capital city received a maximum rains of 744.8 millimetres recently.

Meanwhile China is accused of undermining climate talks at G 20 meeting in India recently, where it did not make any commitment on cutting coal production.

Last week Storm Doksuri ripped through China first hitting Southern Fujian province.

Subsequently, average one month’s rain of July poured down over Beijing in just 40 hours.

Since Saturday last, rains began pounding capital region and surrounding areas.

‘The maximum [amount] of rainfall recorded during this storm, which was 744.8 millimetres, occurred at the Wangjiayuan reservoir in Changping,’ the Beijing Meteorological Service reportedly said.

Meanwhile Chinese authorities denied it had undermined G20 discussions on climate change held in India last week, according to The Guardian.

European delegation reportedly accused China and Saudi Arabia of backing away from ‘making commitments at the meetings.’

However, China’s foreign ministry expressed regret over not having reached any agreement over climate issues, and blamed ‘geopolitical issues’ for the failure.

China that produces more than half of global coal production, however, chose not to make a cut on it, saying that its CO2 emission are still lower than those of USA.