temperature linked to droughts and heat waves) and the frequency of intense natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific and its … as well as droughts and heat waves. The Asia and the Pacific region has experienced some of the most damaging disasters … Asia and the Pacific? This paper considers three main disaster risk factors - rising population exposure, greater …

Developing Asia has the world's fastest greenhouse gas emissions growth. This study uses an economy …-energy-climate model to assess the effects of Paris Agreement pledges on Asia, in comparison with business as usual (BAU) and more … of less than 2 degrees Celsius (2°C) warming. The policy costs of Asia's pledges are found to be less than 1% of gross …

This paper provides an overview of how economists think about climate change impacts with a focus on Asia. It is … with a summary of the projected physical impacts of climate change on Asia based on the IPCC's 5th assessment report. It …

This paper uses a global integrated assessment model to assess how developing Asia, the world's fastest-growing source … lowest-income subregions of Asia. Air quality would also improve, saving about 0.35 million lives in the region by 2050 …. Including these co-benefits raises the benefit-cost ratio for Asia under ambitious decarbonization to 5. Energy …

Southeast Asia is at a time one of the most vulnerable region to the impacts of a changing climate, with millions of … the Southeast Asia region of a set of short-term and long-term de-carbonization policies characterized by different … of low- carbon development paths in Southeast Asia. …

future catastrophic event, triggered by the temperature increase and variation over time, following the approach of … Social Optimum and the Temperature Limit, where population dynamics is calibrated according to the IIASA SSP2 projections … limit of a temperature increase of less than 2°C requires a carbon tax of more than 700 USD/tC by 2050, doubling by the end …