Question

What do you think are the most serious threats to Southeast Asia posed by global climate change? What are the most promising responses to global climate change emerging from this region?

Answer 1

1. Most of the South Asian countries like Indonesia, Thailand, Malasia..etc are geographically placed near equator aand tropical region. So the global warming induced climate change has a major role here and also there are island nations too. Fllods , More dry draught seasons, typhoons are incresing in these region. Floods are devastating in these countries. More dry season caused intrusion of salinity in agricultural lands to. So there will be food shortage problems in the future. Unexpected typhoons also destoying and preventing a better life for the people. In these countries we can also see higher growth of urbanisation and deforestation. These factors increasing the effects of climate change. Also one important thing is threat posed by the increasing sea level to the island nations. These all have effects in their economy too. But the thing here to note is that , these nations carbon emission and all is relatively less than the developed nations. The counties like Malasia and Indonesia investing more on renewable source of energy like solar, wind ..etc. also they are promoting it by tax cuts ..etc. They are also coming forward to preserve the forest and all. They are also taking initiatives for fight against climate change. These are the promising response from these region . Eventhough they need more support from the developed nations to fight their own climate problems.