Changing Climate Worsens Development Challenge in South Asia (Video)

Posted by: Rajneesh Bhandari Posted date: May 22, 2012 In: Environment | comment : 0

South Asia has low greenhouse gas emissions, but climate change has already deeply affected the economic growth and development of the region.

The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 4th Assessment Report states that about 70 per cent of South Asians live in rural area and account for about 75 per cent of the poor, who are the most impacted by climate change.

In the video above, Ranga Pallawalla, Sri Lankan programme manager at Practical Action talks about how the climate change is affecting South Asia.

Featured image credit: Rajneesh Bhandari

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Rajneesh Bhandari

Multimedia Journalist

Rajneesh Bhandari is a multimedia journalist based in Nepal with seven years of reporting experience in news and current affairs. In June 2012 he came up with Living with Autism, an iPad Book, an interactive multi-touch book. He was awarded KTV’s journalist of the year 2011 for his investigative stories on diplomatic passport scam. He is Transparency International's young anti-corruption journalist. He is also UNESCO and ILO's youth journalist.