Climate Change in South Asia: Further Need for Mitigation and Adaptation

IMF Working Papers, August 20, 2021

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• Authors: Ruchir Agarwal, Vybhavi Balasundharam, Patrick Blagrave, Eugenio M Cerutti, Ragnar Gudmundsson, Racha Mousa
• Published: August 20, 2021
• Series: IMF Working Papers
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513590677.001

Overview and scope

• Paper examines South Asia as both a large contributor to climate change and one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change.
• Provides an overview of:
  • the region’s vulnerabilities,
  • national commitments to mitigate emissions,
  • national policies to adapt to a changing climate.
• Discusses policy measures needed to make further progress on both mitigation and adaptation.

Key findings

• Substantial progress is being made in the region on mitigation and adaptation efforts.
• There remains scope to adopt a more cohesive strategy to achieve the region’s goals, including:
  • improving the monitoring and tracking of adaptation spending,
  • laying the groundwork to equitably increase the effective price of carbon while protecting low-income and vulnerable households in the region.

Policy recommendations and measures discussed

• Improve monitoring and tracking of adaptation spending to better target resources and measure effectiveness.
• Prepare policies to equitably increase the effective price of carbon, with explicit protections for low-income and vulnerable households.

Publication and metadata

• Authors: Ruchir Agarwal, Vybhavi Balasundharam, Patrick Blagrave, Eugenio M Cerutti, Ragnar Gudmundsson, Racha Mousa
• Date: August 20, 2021
• Series: Working Paper No. 2021/217
• Issue: 217
• Volume: 2021
• Pages: 40
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513590677.001
• Stock No: WPIEA2021217
• ISBN: 9781513590677
• ISSN: 1018-5941
• Subjects: Climate change, Climate finance, Environment, Greenhouse gas emissions, Natural disasters
• Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Climate change, climate change in South Asia, Climate finance, Global, Greenhouse gas emissions, mitigation policy, Natural disasters, policy measure, power generation, South Asia, South Asia region

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