The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Âu Lạc (Vietnam) announces plans to allocate US$430,000 for a study of climate change effects as well as to implement actions that will help ensure sustainable agricultural production and national food security.
http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Agricultural-sector-focuses-on-climate-change/20115/126760.vovUS scientists find that climate change is behind recent extreme weather events in the nation that include torrential rains, deep snowfalls, massive floods and devastating droughts, which have increased in frequency to create a so-called “new normal."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/19/floods-droughts-extreme-weather-us_n_864046.html http://www.torontosun.com/2011/05/18/us-weather-extremes-new-normal