By Prensa Latina
Hanoi : Climate changes will directly affect millions of persons around the world in the next 50 years, affirmed Vietnamese academician Tran Tuc.
The senior professor of the Institute of Hydro-meteorological Sciences and Environment presented the conclusion of a 10 year study in an international seminar held in Hanoi.
According to this scientist the main cause is Global Warming caused by man and has forced humanity to adapt to these changes both in the environment as in the socio-economic system.
He warned that climate changes affecting the Earth increased fourfold in five decades with serious consequences for about two billion inhabitants.
He recalled that natural calamities in the world left three million dead, 200 million victims and an estimated 40 billion dollar loss.
Referring to Vietnam, he noted that as a preventive effort, his county coordinated with international institutions to do an experimental project in the central region aimed at increasing capacity to adapt of humans to the climate.