“Asia faces brunt of warming: study”

The Age today posted an article online (which was originally published in the NYT) called Asia faces brunt of warming: study. The basis for this claim is that effect of rising sea levels (often associated with climate change) will have a negative impact on industry and populations which are situated near the coast.

“The report focuses on Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.” The article discusses the economy alongside the environment in what appears to be a growing trend within the coverage of global warming.

The rise in sea levels might force the sprawling archipelago of Indonesia to redraw its sea boundaries, the report said. Diminished rice harvests, seawater seeping into aquifers and islands vanishing into rising oceans will be the main problems.

These changes would occur progressively over the next century, the bank has estimated, giving countries time to improve their flood control systems, upgrade their irrigation networks and take measures to prevent forest fires, which the report predicts will become more common.

It seems as if the environmental issue is framed in the light of economical issues.

The authors of the report urged governments to build infrastructure adapted to climate change, arguing that the economic crisis was not incompatible with combating and adapting to global warming.