Abstract: Climate change has become a major global issue of common concern to the international community. As a national institution financing basic research and some applied basic research, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has not only participated in the formulation of a series of policies to address climate change, but also supported the research in the key scientific fields of climate change. In this paper, the statistic analysis on the climate change research supported by NSFC in atmospheric science from 1986 to 2007 is introduced in four levels (General Program, Key Program, Major Program, Major Research Plan). Since 1986, NSFC has funded 506 projects related to climate change research and 243.043 million RMB yuan. This reflects the important support role of NSFC in promoting the climate change research to some extent. The further investment on climate change research is also prospected.

Key words: NSFC, atmospheric science, climate change