Impact Assessment and Regional Response Strategies for Climate Change

Climate change and sea level rise pose a distinct and serious set of threats to the countries within Asia and Pacific region. This document presents an overview of the issues on climate change and sea level rise. It focuses on the potential impacts, physical/biological and socio-economic, of climate change and associated sea level rise, and considers some of the issues in the formulation of regional and national response strategies, and concludes a set of recommendations.United Nations: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is the author of 'Impact Assessment and Regional Response Strategies for Climate Change' with ISBN 9789211199871 and ISBN 9211199875.