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Chapter Seven Regional Studies on Climate Change Response

enterprises in the industrial chain can jointly formulate emission reduction targets and action
plans to achieve low-carbon transformation across the entire industrial chain. During col-
laboration, enterprises can monitor and evaluate suppliers’ carbon emissions through supply
chain management systems, encouraging suppliers to adopt emission reduction measures.
Manufacturers can sign green procurement agreements with suppliers, prioritizing low-car-
bon and environmentally friendly raw materials, thereby incentivizing suppliers to improve
production processes and reduce carbon emissions.
Through inter-enterprise collaboration and industrial chain coordination, companies
can not only enhance their capacity to address climate change and reduce emission reduction
costs, but also promote green transformation across the entire industry and improve industri-
al competitiveness. Against the global backdrop of addressing climate change, this collabo-
rative model will become a crucial pathway for enterprises to achieve sustainable develop-
ment.

Section 5 The Role of Communities and Civil Organiza-
tions in Addressing Climate Change

I. Community Action Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation and
Mitigation

In the grand narrative of addressing climate change, communities as grassroots social
units play an irreplaceable role. The climate change adaptation and mitigation actions im-
plemented by communities aim to enhance their own climate resilience, reduce negative im-
pacts caused by climate change, and contribute to global emission reduction goals.
Community garden development is an initiative with multiple benefits. By establishing
gardens within communities to grow vegetables, fruits, and flowers, it increases green spaces
and improves microclimates. Plants regulate ambient temperatures through transpiration,
mitigating urban heat island effects and enhancing communities’ climate adaptation capacity.
On the other hand, these gardens provide residents with hands-on gardening opportunities,
deepening their understanding of food sources and ecosystems while strengthening commu-
nity cohesion. Through participating in garden maintenance, residents directly observe cli-
mate change impacts on plant growth, thereby raising awareness of climate issues.
Energy-saving retrofits are also crucial at the community level. Communities can pro-
mote energy-efficient upgrades for residential buildings, such as replacing energy-saving
doors and windows whose excellent thermal insulation performance can reduce indoor heat
loss in winter and outdoor heat ingress in summer, thereby decreasing energy consumption
of air conditioning and heating systems. Thermal insulation treatment of building exteriors
can similarly enhance energy efficiency. In community public areas, promoting energy-effi-
cient lighting equipment and adopting renewable energy lighting solutions like solar-pow-

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