Climate change is something that is difficult to avoid and an impact on various aspects of life. Extreme impacts of climate change is primarily the temperature rise and the shift in seasons. The increase in temperature causes the ice and glaciers in the North and South Poles melts. This event caused the expansion of ocean water masses and sea level rise. This will decrease the production of fish and shrimp ponds as well as life threatening coastal communities.

Regional Impacts of Climate Change
Irregular pattern of the season start since 1991, which interfere with the national food self-sufficiency depends on imported food until now. In the dry season tends to dry with the rain increasing trend down one of the impacts of land and forest fires often occur. Increased water lake Lake Toba in particular the more shrinkage and possibly lakes / reservoirs in Indonesia, the concentration of ice on top of Jayawija Papua diminishing returns and the emergence of extreme weather conditions that often, catastrophic flash floods and landslides in several locations in recent years. Several studies of the IPCC 4AR specifically pertaining to Indonesia include: Increased rains in northern and decreased rainfall in the south (equator). Forest fires and land that his chances would be greater with increasing frequency and intensity of El-Nino. Mahakam River Delta into the map of vulnerable coastal areas. (Murdiyarso, 2007).

The impact of climate change on agriculture
It is estimated that agricultural productivity in the tropics will decline if there is an increase in global average temperature between 1-2o C thus increasing the risk of famine. The increased frequency of droughts and floods are expected to give a negative impact on local production, especially in the food supply in subtropical and tropical regions. The occurrence of the changing seasons in which the dry season becomes longer, causing crop failure, water crisis and forest fires. Seasons shift and changes in rainfall patterns, resulting in Indonesia to import rice. In 1991, Indonesia imported $ 600 thousand tons of rice and in 1994 the amount of rice imported over one million tonnes (MOE, 1998). Adaptation can be done by creating or changing the time of seed planting. Regional temperature increase will also give a negative impact on the spread and reproduction of fish. » Read more: Climate Change Impacts on the Sea Front Elevation