Raghu Bir Bista

Undesired and Desired: Climate Change in South Asia Raghu Bir Bista

Climate change is undesired but predicated threat in the World, particularly in Asia and Africa. In South Asia, its threat level is simultaneously well distributed with hetrogenity and homogeneity and its outcomes are never thought and expected in wider spectrum. Despite culture and historical bond in South Asia, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan have multiple natural hazards but Bangladesh, India, Maldivs and Sri Lanka have coastal flood, and cyclone and water induced disasters. For example: the growth of glacier bursting, higher intensity and frequency of floods in small streams and big streams, changing pattern of monsoon course and its intensity. About 100 million populations are found vulnerable from 700 events climate change and disaster after 1970. This book focuses specifically only on climate change in that water basin and its catchment areas, national and regional level. I try to know and understand about climate change issues endorsed by the world, although the people of Nepal have been experiencing badly its attributes in terms of its events induced disastrous effects such as increasing snow melting, bursting glaciers, disturbance of monsoon cycle, fluctuating the rainfall patterns and intensity and attacks of mosqituoes in cold place. The local people have their indigenioity in terms of knowledge, skill, perspectives and behaviors on such undesired events for productive activity, livelihood, survival and security. Based on facts, figures and evidence, this book assesses climate change status, pattern and its undesired effects, adaptive capacity of local people and their behavior and exposure. Its outcomes will be valuable inputs to the society as well as the state mechanism for policy test and effectiveness for climate stability for our survival in next 2050.