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World Bank: South Asia Climate Change

Resources on climate change and environment issues in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Data on Different Topics

South Asia   •   Afghanistan   •   Bangladesh   •   India   •   Nepal   •   Pakistan   •   Sri Lanka
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Climate change is not just an environmental issue in South Asia, it has consequeces for poverty:

  • - decreased water availability
  • - increased incidence of waterborne diseases such as malaria, dengue, and cholera
  • - decreased agricultural productivity
  • - adverse impacts on fisheries
  • - decreases in reliability of hydropower
  • - adverse effects on many ecological systems

Source: Report: Managing Climate Risk