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Japan will set up a climate change monitoring and assessment network in cooperation with Asian neighbours to study how global warming affects developing countries in the region, a report said Monday. The network, to be established in the year to March 2007, is part of the Japanese initiative on climate change which Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced at the Group of Eight summit in July, Kyodo News reported. Kyodo, quoting environment ministry officials, said the network would use satellites and other devices to observe temperature changes and rises in sea levels caused by global warming. The network will also enable participating countries to share data and research results. No official was immediately available to confirm the report. Developing countries are likely to be the first to face serious problems from global warming, such as a decrease in food production and increase in flood disasters caused by rising sea levels. In the present situation, however, the observation system and the number of researchers in developing countries are insufficient, Kyodo quoted the officials as saying. All rights reserved. © 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links TerraDaily Search TerraDaily Subscribe To TerraDaily Express 
Warming Most Evident At High Latitudes, But Greatest Impact To Be In Tropics
Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 15, 2005The impact of global warming has become obvious in high latitude regions, including Alaska, Siberia and the Arctic, where melting ice and softening tundra are causing profound changes. |
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