Climate risk report for the Central and South Asia region
The climate risk report for Central and South Asia is part of a series of regional climate risk reports the Met Office has produced in collaboration with the Overseas Development Institute to provide evidence to the UK Government in support of adaptation and resilience planning and investments. Climate risks were explored by evaluating their impact to seven socio-economic themes: agriculture and food security, water resources and water-dependent services, health, infrastructure and settlements, energy, environment, and the blue economy and the marine environment. The Climate Risk Report includes an executive summary, country summaries, current and future climate information, and extensive climate risk information for regionally-relevant socio-economic themes.
The report's purpose is to present a top-level regional overview of potential risks to development associated with climate change from the present day to the 2050s, and can be used to provide evidence on climate risk in support of adaptation and resilience planning. This report is particularly important given climate trends observed in Asia, including a long-term warming trend in annual mean surface temperature, which has been observed across Asia during 1960-2015, with the warming accelerating after the 1970s.
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