Climate Change vulnerability map for SEA
Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia recently published a paper on the vulnerability of SEA to climate change. The paper provides information on the sub-national areas (regions/districts/provinces) that are most vulnerable to climate change impacts in Southeast Asia.
The study used data on the spatial distribution of various climate-related hazards in 530 sub-national areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Based on this mapping assessment, all the regions of the Philippines; the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam; almost all the regions of Cambodia; North and East Lao PDR; the Bangkok region of Thailand; and West Sumatra, South Sumatra, West Java, and East Java of Indonesia are among the most vulnerable regions in Southeast Asia.
The Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia was established in May 1993 to support training and research in environmental and resource economics. Its goal is to strengthen local capacity for the economic analysis of environmental problems so that researchers can provide sound advice to policymakers. The program uses a networking approach to provide not only financial support but meetings, resource persons, access to literature, publication outlets, and opportunities for comparative research across its nine member countries. These are Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, China and Papua New Guinea.
For more information, please refer to:
http://www.idrc.ca/eepsea/ev-135332-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
To view the report, please view:
http://www.idrc.ca/uploads/user-S/12483270391Mapping_Reportv02.pdf
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