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1 Reid, H.; Simms, A.; Johnson, V. 2007. Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific: the threat from climate change to human development and the environment. London, UK: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) 92p.
Climate change ; Developed countries ; Developing countries ; Energy ; Public health ; Gender ; Water stress ; Drought ; Natural disasters ; Salt water intrusion ; Water scarcity ; Dams ; Forests ; Waste management ; Biofuels / Asia / Bangladesh / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Kyrgyzstan / China / Hong Kong / Australia / Japan / Korea / India / Indonesia / Philippines / Malaysia / Cambodia / Fiji / Nepal / Pakistan / Pacific Islands / Tuvalu / Vanuatu / Papua New Guinea / Niue / East Timor / Lower Mekong
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041449)
The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. The latest global scientific consensus from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that all of Asia is very likely to warm during this century. Warming will be accompanied by less predictable and more extreme patterns of rainfall. Tropical cyclones are projected to increase in magnitude and frequency, while monsoons, around which farming systems are designed, are expected to become more temperamental in their strength and time of onset. This report asks, will global warming send Asia and the Pacific ‘up in smoke’?
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