Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Publication Year:
2017
Publication Place
Manila, Philippines
Physical Description:
131p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41374
Legacy PEIN ID:
81461
General Notes
Online only
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Climatic changes - Risk assessment - Asia & Pacific - Oceania
Climate change - Human impacts - Asia & Oceania
Climate change - Threats - Asia & Oceania
Climate change - Human health
Climate change - Urban areas
Climate change - Security
Climate change - Migration
Climatic changes - Sea-level rise - Flooding risks
Tropical cyclones
Temperature change - Heat extremes
Abstract
The Asia and Pacific region is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Unabated warming could significantly undo previous achievements of economic development and improvements of living standards. At the same time, the region has both the economic capacity and weight of influence to change the present fossil-fuel based development pathway and curb global emissions. This report sheds light on the regional implications of the latest projections of changes in climate conditions over Asia and the Pacific. The assessment concludes that, even under the Paris consensus scenario in which global warming is limited to 1.5°C to 2°C above preindustrial levels, some of the land area, ecosystems, and socioeconomic sectors will be significantly affected by climate change impacts, to which policy makers and the investment community need to adapt to. However, under a Business-As-Usual (BAU) scenario, which will cause a global mean temperature rise of over 4°C by the end of this century, the possibilities for adaptation are drastically reduced. Among others, climate change impacts such as the deterioration of the Asian water towers, prolonged heat waves, coastal sea-level rise and changes in rainfall patterns could disrupt ecosystem services and lead to severe effects on livelihoods which in turn would affect human health, migration dynamics and the potential for conflicts. This assessment also underlines that, for many areas vital to the regions economy, research on the effects of climate change is still lacking.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Publication Year:
2017
Publication Place
Manila, Philippines
Physical Description:
131p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41374
Legacy PEIN ID:
81461
General Notes
Online only
Record Created: 28-Jul-2017
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022