Strengthening Collective Action on Climate Change in South Asia

By : PK Khup Hangzo

Page No: 141-158

Abstract
Countries in South Asia are active participants in global multilateral processes aimed at addressing climate change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in particular. As part of their commitments to the UNFCCC process, these countries have set out national targets for greenhouse gas emission reduction and decarbonisation. However, there is as yet a lack of collective efforts at the regional level. Given South Asia’s vulnerability to climate change, the region has a lot to gain by carving out a regional approach to address its multi-faceted impacts. Reviving a neglected regional agenda such as climate change can help address the inevitable cross-border environmental as well as humanitarian crises and reset the much needed regional multilateralism in the process.

Author :
PK Khup Hangzo is an Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) specialising in climate change and national security. He is the lead coordinator of the Climate Change Expert Group at VIF that deliberates on the impact of climate change on India. He has a Master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.32381/NS.2023.06.02.2