WORLD-CLIMATE CHANGE-CHALLENGE

WORLD-CLIMATE CHANGE-CHALLENGE

(231202) -- BEIJING, Dec. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone on Aug. 8, 2023 shows smoke clouds of wildfires near downtown Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, the United States. Authorities announced that the fires claimed 98 lives, making it one of the worst natural disasters in Hawaii's history and the deadliest U.S. wildfires in over a century. Heatwaves, torrential rains, floods, droughts and other natural disasters occurred one after another around the world in recent years. While impressed by the mighty power and vulnerability of nature, we genuinely feel that when it comes to tackling climate change, countries around the world are like passengers aboard the same ship. (Photo by Alex Freeman/Xinhua)

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