Climate change and disaster risk management: towards a resilient South Asia

This policy brief brings out the fact that climate induced disasters and its relevance in South Asia need to have integrated approach to build the resilience of countries in the coming years. It states that the region is periodically afflicted by inundated deltas, parched plains, flooded urban sprawl, severe droughts, cyclone-hit crops, and eroding beaches and riverbanks. South Asia experiences every conceivable weather-related disaster. Climate change is now adding significant additional risks to this already volatile disastrous situation.