The impact of the United States' return to the Paris climate agreement

Legal analysis: Biden returned to the Paris climate agreement on his first day in office. In particular, he created a new cabinet-level post of "climate envoy" and nominated former Secretary of State Kerry to take the post, fully promoting the US climate policy, which shows Biden's emphasis on climate issues. It can be expected that the wrestling around climate issues will become one of the most important observation points in Biden's era.

Legal basis: Meteorological Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 9 The competent meteorological department of the State Council shall organize the relevant departments to prepare the construction plans of important meteorological facilities such as meteorological detection facilities, special transmission facilities for meteorological information, large-scale special meteorological technical equipment, etc., and report them to the State Council for approval before implementation. The adjustment and revision of meteorological facilities construction planning must be reported to the State Council for approval.

Meteorological facilities construction planning should follow the principles of reasonable layout, effective utilization, taking into account current and long-term needs, and avoid repeated construction.

Article 22 The State implements a unified release system for public meteorological forecasts and severe weather warnings.

Meteorological offices and stations subordinate to competent meteorological departments at all levels shall, in accordance with their duties, issue public meteorological forecasts and severe weather warnings to the public, and supplement or revise them in time according to weather changes. No other organization or individual may issue public meteorological forecasts and severe weather warnings to the society.

Meteorological offices and stations affiliated to other relevant departments of the State Council and other relevant departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government can issue special weather forecasts using this system.

The competent meteorological departments at all levels and their subordinate meteorological stations shall improve the accuracy, timeliness and service level of public meteorological forecast and severe weather warning.

Article 32 The competent meteorological department in the State Council shall be responsible for the comprehensive investigation and zoning of climate resources throughout the country, organize climate monitoring, analysis and evaluation, monitor atmospheric components that may lead to climate deterioration, and regularly publish national bulletins on climate conditions.

Thirty-third local people's governments at or above the county level shall, according to the characteristics of local climate resources, formulate the direction of development and utilization of climate resources and key protection plans.

Local competent meteorological departments at various levels shall, according to the planning of the people's government at the corresponding level, put forward suggestions on the utilization and protection of climate resources and the popularization and application of climate resources zoning and other achievements to the people's government at the corresponding level and relevant departments at the same level.