South Asia's Hotspots : The Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Living Standards

Front Cover -- Contents -- The Book at a Glance -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- A Vulnerable Region -- Climate Change and Living Standards -- Climate Modeling and Effects -- Hotspots -- Toward Greater Resilience -- References -- Chapter 1 A Vulnerable Region -- Progress So Far -- A Road Map for Climate-Resilient Development -- Note -- References -- Chapter 2 Increasingly Hot -- Highly Diverse Climate -- Unambiguous Historic Temperature Increases -- Projecting Future Climate -- Selecting Appropriate Climate Models -- South Asia Continues to Get Hotter -- References -- Chapter 3 Climate and Living Standards -- Accumulated Knowledge -- Analytical Framework -- Data Sources -- Two Methodological Challenges -- Control Variable Selection -- Absorbed Climate Effects -- Temperature Inflection Points -- National-Level Empirical Findings -- Dealing with Uncertainty -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Mapping Hotspots -- What Is a Hotspot? -- The Carbon-Intensive Scenario Leads to More Severe Hotspots -- Hotspots Tend to Have Less Infrastructure and Services -- The Most Vulnerable Households -- Country Hotspots -- References -- Chapter 5 Toward Greater Resilience -- Money Worth Spending -- Reducing Hotspots in Vulnerable Communities and Vulnerable Households -- Policy Agenda -- Note -- References -- Appendix A Methodology for Policy Cobenefits -- Appendix B Supplementary Tables -- Appendix C Supplementary Map -- Appendix D Climate Model Selection -- Appendix E Calculating Gross Domestic Product Based on Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and Hotspots Results -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 Why Do Changes in the Average Weather Matter? -- Box 2.1 Understanding Historic and Projected Temperatures for Each Country -- Box 3.1 How Climate Change Affects Consumption Expenditures