August 2009

PAG-ASA Cites Implications of Climate Change

by JHANA JUNE TEJOME 

Last March 3 in a forum sponsored by the Citizen’s Disaster Response Center (CDRC), PAG-ASA–DOST discussed the implications of climate change in relation to agricultural production. PNFSP staff joined in to take a closer look at related concerns on food security.

Climate monitoring and information officer of PAG-ASA- DOST, Daisy Ortega, explained that based on observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, there is a spread melting of snow and ice, and rising global mean sea level. Historical records show that 11 of the last 12 years, from 1995 to 2006, rank among the 12 warmest years since 1850.

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