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"This book, focused on South and Southeast Asia, upgrades our understanding of the influence of multiple sociopolitical and governance factors on climate change and risks. Moving beyond science and technology-oriented discussions on climate change, it argues that the real solution to climate change problems lie in societies, governance systems, non-state actors, and the power and politics underpinning these systems. It presents a range of detailed conceptual, empirical, and policy-oriented insights from different nations of South and Southeast Asia, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vietnam, Maldives, and Bhutan. Chapters bring forth critical discussions of climate change, covering a diverse range of topics including livelihoods, gender, community perspectives, relocation, resilience, local politics, climate change communication, governance, and policy responses. By investigating climate change vulnerabilities and as well as offering feasible solutions to the states and other non-state actors in responding to climate change and risks, this book deepens our existing knowledge of the social and political dimensions of climate change. With interdisciplinary perspectives, this book will appeal to all students, researchers, and scholars of environmental studies, geography, disaster studies, sociology, policy studies, development studies, and political science. It provides valuable reading to practitioners, policymakers, and professionals working in related industries"--

Intro -- Foreword 1 -- Foreword 2 -- Preface -- Natural Disaster-Affected Population -- Burden of Communicable Diseases -- References -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Climate Change and Geoecology of South and Southeast Asia: An Introduction -- 1.1 US Position -- 1.2 Perspectives from India and China -- 1.3 China's Position -- 1.4 Climate Change and Human Health -- 1.5 South and Southeast Asia -- References -- Chapter 2: Climate Change, Health and Future Well-­Being in South Asia -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Effects -- 2.1.2 The Position of the Indian Government on Climate Change -- 2.2 Primary Health Effects in South Asia -- 2.2.1 Changes in Temperature -- 2.2.2 Natural Disasters -- 2.2.3 Flooding -- 2.3 Secondary Health Effects in South Asia -- 2.3.1 Diarrhoeal Disease -- 2.3.2 Leptospirosis -- 2.3.3 Vector-Borne Diseases -- 2.4 Tertiary Health Effects in South Asia -- 2.4.1 Food Insecurity -- 2.4.2 Migration -- 2.4.3 Conflict -- 2.4.4 Economic Instability -- 2.4.5 Mental Health -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Climate Change and the Health of Older People in Southeast Asia -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Global Overview of Climate Change -- 3.3 Projected Climate Change in Southeast Asia -- 3.4 Climate Change and the Health of Older Persons -- 3.5 Elderly Populations of Southeast Asia -- 3.6 Current Health Status of Older Populations in the Region -- 3.7 Climate Change and Likely Impacts on Older Persons' Health in Southeast Asia: The Prospects? -- 3.7.1 Temperature Rises and Extreme Heat Events -- 3.7.2 Climate Change and Infectious Diseases in Southeast Asia -- 3.7.3 Mental Health Effects -- 3.8 The Future: Possible Changing Vulnerabilities of Older People to Climate Change? -- References -- Part I: Regional Studies -- Chapter 4: Extreme Temperature Regions in India.

Climate change and environmental degradation are the two most pressing concerns faced by the world today for which regional cooperation is necessary. For regional cooperation, governments at the regional level must work together to coordinate activities, unify regulations and create risk-reduction plans. In South-east Asia, multiple initiatives have been taken for a shared framework for carrying out coordinated policy implementation. However, political and technical barriers have stymied efforts to suit the needs and benefits of partnering states. This article will analyse these problems and approaches in a few chosen South-east Asian nations and examine comprehensive action plans built on cooperative partnerships. It will offer a critical assessment of the environmental and climate-related issues South-east Asia faces and also offer recommendations on how to use policy tools to regulate and solve issues of regional environmental governance. It also looks at ways to counteract institutional and regulatory obstacles to reaching desired outcomes emphasising regulatory frameworks and policy.

The social and political dimensions of climate change: Focus on South and Southeast AsiaDevendraraj Madhanagopal & Salim MomtazPart I: The multiple challenges of climate change and risks"Those who makes an enemy of the earth makes an enemy of themselves": Climate Change and Human Activities from a South and Southeast Asian PerspectiveJanaka JayawickramaPost-cyclone Livelihood Strategies and Security Status of Coastal Households in Bangladesh: An Empirical StudyShitangsu Kumar Paul & Jayant K. RoutrayCommunity Perceptions of Climate Change Governance Practices: A Case Study of Hatiya Subdistrict, BangladeshMd. Faruk Hossain, Salim Momtaz & Anita ChalmersGender, Climate Justice, and (Un)Sustainable Development in IndonesiaAnn R. Tickamyer & Siti KusujiartiPart II: Responding to climate change: Sociopolitical underpinnings of multiple actors and institutionsThe resilience of Fisheries Households to Climate Shock in Tam Giang -- Cau Hai lagoon, VietnamHa Dung Hoang, Salim Momtaz, Maria Schreider, Chung Van Nguyen & Tien Dung NguyenRelocation as a climate change risk-reduction strategy: Socio-political insights from Sri LankaCynthia M. CaronDoes local politics have relevance to the local climate action programs in India and Bangladesh? Review and DiscussionDevendraraj Madhanagopal, Mohammed Moniruzzaman Khan & Farhana ZamanCommunication tools to tackle cascading effects of climate change: Evidence from Eastern Bihar, IndiaAlankrita Anand & Eila Romo-MurphyClimate Change Communication in Kolkata: Applying Communication Theories to Address Climate Change DisplacementLisha Samuel & Randall S. AbatePart III: Power and Politics of climate change: Focusing on strategies and policiesClimate Change and the Government Conundrum in BhutanJohannes Dragsbaek SchmidtLocalized policy responses for climate change and developmental complications: Discussions from three coastal regions of IndiaDevendraraj Madhanagopal, Lisha Samuel & Kasturi GandhiA "Coral State." Socio-political implications of the reefs' crises in the MaldivesMarcella Schmidt di Friedberg & Stefano MalatestaPolycentricity is a framework for understanding India's climate policy Derek Kauneckis & Juhi Huda

This study attempts to analyse empirically how economic performance and climate change affect employment in the agriculture sector. The study includes seven South Asian countries' data, excluding the Maldives, from 1992 to 2021 by applying the most widely used Panel ARDL that involved pooled mean group (PMG) estimation. In the short-run, the effect of past year employment and temperature is positive, whereas GDP per capita is negatively related to agricultural employment and rainfall is insignificant. However, in long the run, the error correction coefficient is significant, and overall data has been able to establish a long-run relationship. The study concludes that with the long-run impact for each country, agricultural employment is negatively affected by GDP per capita and temperature. Lastly, the effect of temperature, in the long run, reveals that climate change has long-term impacts on agriculture employment. We believe that the findings of the study have important implications for policymakers in future.

"Asian countries are among the largest contributors to climate change. China, India, Japan and South Korea are among the top ten largest carbon emitters in the world, with South Korea, Japan and Taiwan also some of the largest on a per capita basis. At the same time, many Asian countries, notably India, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand are among those most affected by climate change, in terms of economic losses attributed to climate-related disasters. Asia is an extremely diverse region, in terms of the political regimes of its constituent countries, and of their level of development and the nature of their civil societies. As such, its countries are producing a wide range of governance approaches to climate change. Covering the diversity of climate change governance in Asia, this book presents cosmopolitan governance from the perspective of urban and rural communities, local and central governments, state-society relations and international relations. In doing so it offers both a valuable overview of individual Asian countries' approaches to climate change governance, and a series of case studies for finding solutions to climate change challenges"--

There is increasing evidence suggesting that climate change will negatively impact agricultural production in South Asia. Decreased domestic production may make South Asian countries more dependent on imports. The extent to which South Asia will need to increase its imports as a result of climate change will presumably depend on the degree to which the latter will affect domestic output. The effects of climate change on agriculture may well differ substantially for individual South Asian countries and indeed for regions within a given country which can be approximated by food production units. This calls for an analysis of climate change effects on trade flows under alternative trade policy regimes both for agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. The specific objectives of the paper include the following: analyze the extent to which agricultural production in South Asia and elsewhere in the world may be affected by different scenarios regarding climate change; analyze the extent to which changes in domestic production in South Asia resulting from climate change will lead to increased demand for imports by South Asian countries; analyze the effects of increased import demand in South Asia and changing exportable surpluses elsewhere on world market prices of major agricultural commodities consumed in South Asia; to the extent that South Asian governments allow transmission of changes in world market prices to domestic prices, analyze the potential welfare effects of changes in the latter; analyze if, and to what extent, worldwide trade liberalization and implementation of South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) will dampen the effects of climate change on domestic agricultural prices in South Asia. In this context, the report is organized as follows: chapter one gives introduction. Chapter two describes the methodology used - with particular attention to how different models and modeling techniques are linked to produce an as accurate as possible assessment based on state-of-the-art knowledge. Chapter three provides an up-to-date analysis of trade flows and policies, and production patterns for key food products in South Asia to explain the context in which climate change is taking place. Chapter four describes the climate change scenarios and illustrates their consequences for crop yields at a global level and for South Asia - and in particular shows the vulnerability of the region to these changes. Baseline design, simulations, and results are discussed in chapter five. The final chapter six provides a short summary, discusses the limitations of the analysis, and derives suggestions and guidelines for future research.