{"id":8253,"date":"2017-07-20T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T09:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/?p=8253"},"modified":"2017-07-20T11:44:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T09:44:52","slug":"a-region-at-risk-the-human-dimensions-of-climate-change-in-asia-and-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2017\/07\/a-region-at-risk-the-human-dimensions-of-climate-change-in-asia-and-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"A Region at Risk: The Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adb.org\/publications\/region-at-risk-climate-change\">ADB<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cover-cover-region-risk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8254\" src=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cover-cover-region-risk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recent regional climate change projections have consequences\u00a0for human systems, particularly for developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Asia and the Pacific continues to be exposed to climate change impacts. Home to the majority of the world\u2019s\u00a0poor, the population of the region is particularly vulnerable to those impacts. Unabated warming could largely\u00a0diminish previous achievements of economic development and improvements, putting the future of the region\u00a0at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The report discusses the most recent projections pertaining to climate change and climate change impacts in Asia and\u00a0the Pacific, and the consequences of these changes to human systems, particularly for developing countries.\u00a0It also highlights gaps in the existing knowledge and identifies avenues for continued research.<\/p>\n<div class=\"item-list item-list-divider block\">\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"tweet ico-pull-left ico-outline\" title=\"Tweet this\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adb.org%2Fpublications\/region-at-risk-climate-change&amp;text=Global+flood+losses+are+expected+to+increase+to+%2452+billion+per+year+by+2050+from+%246+billion+in+2005.&amp;via=ADB_HQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"ico ico-twitter\"><\/i>Global flood losses are expected to increase to $52 billion per year by 2050 from $6 billion in 2005.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"tweet ico-pull-left ico-outline\" title=\"Tweet this\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adb.org%2Fpublications\/region-at-risk-climate-change&amp;text=Food+shortages+could+increase+the+number+of+malnourished+children+in+South+Asia+by+7+million+by+2050.&amp;via=ADB_HQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"ico ico-twitter\"><\/i>Food shortages could increase the number of malnourished children in South Asia by 7 million by 2050.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"tweet ico-pull-left ico-outline\" title=\"Tweet this\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adb.org%2Fpublications\/region-at-risk-climate-change&amp;text=Asia+needs+strategies+for+ensuring+prosperity+and+security+under+unavoidable+climate+change.&amp;via=ADB_HQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"ico ico-twitter\"><\/i>Asia needs strategies for ensuring prosperity and security under unavoidable climate change.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>This report is the outcome of a collaboration of ADB with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pik-potsdam.de\/pik-frontpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"list-collapse\">\n<h3 class=\"field-label\">Contents<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Asia and the Pacific at a Glance<\/li>\n<li>Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific: Observations and Projections<\/li>\n<li>Climate Change Impacts on Human Systems in Asia and the Pacific<\/li>\n<li>Conclusion \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adb.org\/sites\/default\/files\/publication\/325251\/region-risk-climate-change.pdf\">DOWNLOAD HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia &#038; the Pacific is exposed to climate change impacts. Home to the majority of the world\u2019s\u00a0poor, the population  is vulnerable to those impacts. Unabated warming could largely\u00a0diminish previous economic achievements putting the future of the region\u00a0at risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,90,91],"tags":[768,675],"class_list":["post-8253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-editor-selection","category-new-book","tag-climate-change","tag-environmental-issues","country-asia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8253"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8256,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8253\/revisions\/8256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}