Taiwan adjusting focus of climate change research

A three-year project to integrate Taiwan’s climate science information has come to an end, and a new study on how Taiwan’s agriculture and ecology are influenced by climate change will soon begin, a government official said Tuesday.

“We got some good results (from the first project), and we expect to begin the second (project) this year,” said Lin Lee-yaw, deputy executive secretary of the National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR).

The NCDR launched the Taiwan Climate Change Projection and Information Platform (TCCIP) in 2010 in partnership with local universities and research institutes, integrating information and technology around the country, Lin said.

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