The complexities of the climate crisis are no better exemplified than in Asia. As a diverse region with hot-humid, tropical, and sub-tropical climatic profiles, people across the region are facing increasingly frequent and intense climate events.
Europe occupies a contradictory position in the global climate landscape: it is both a historic driver of greenhouse gas emissions and home to some of the world’s most progressive climate policies. Yet, the region’s efforts remain far from sufficient to meet its fair share of climate action, despite being a wealthy region with the means to finance the transition.
Latin America faces multiple, intersecting climate crises. The region is highly vulnerable to extreme weather, including droughts, floods, heatwaves, and glacial melting, which severely threaten biodiversity, food and water security, and the lives and livelihoods of rural and Indigenous communities.
The Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) is grappling with the climate crisis, marked by increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, water resource mismanagement, desertification, extreme heatwaves, and more frequent droughts and flash floods. The region is warming faster than the global average and several countries are experiencing acute water stress and agricultural collapse.
Climate change is a pressing existential threat to the Pacific region, and to the way of life of Pacific Islanders. While many islands are threatened by sea level rise with impacts on land, freshwater, and cultural heritage, increasingly frequent extreme weather events such as 2020’s Tropical Cyclone Harold have caused significant damage.