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

_IMF Working Papers, August 20, 2021_

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## Bibliographic details
- 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

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### 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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