ABSTRACT
Against a flurry of international summits and meetings, there is now little doubt that the issue of climate change is a global problem requiring no less than global and regional responses. As a “threat multiplier,” the impact of climate change is known to exacerbate existing socioeconomic problems faced by states and communities – especially those in the least developed regions of the world. Asia, home to half of the world’s poor, is considered one of the regions most vulnerable to rapidly changing and extreme weather patterns. Moreover, the livelihoods of most people in Asia are reliant on sectors most sensitive to climate change, including the agricultural, forestry and fishery industries.
