Managing Climate Change in South Asia

2018 ◽  
pp. 53-69
Author(s):  
K. Locana Gunaratna
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Asia

Climate Change and Agriculture in South Asia

10.1596/26792 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Laborde ◽  
Csilla Lakatos ◽  
Gerald Nelson ◽  
Richard Robertson ◽  
Marcelle Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Asia

scholarly journals Transformation as praxis: responding to climate change uncertainties in marginal environments in South Asia

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 110-117
Author(s):  
Lyla Mehta ◽  
Shilpi Srivastava ◽  
Synne Movik ◽  
Hans Nicolai Adam ◽  
Rohan D’Souza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Marginal Environments

Climate Change, Corruption, and Business Bribes in South Asia

2022 ◽  
pp. 102685
Author(s):  
Hanol Lee ◽  
Toure Moumbark
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Asia

scholarly journals Climate change, regulatory policies and regional cooperation in South Asia

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Habib Zafarullah ◽  
Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
Asian Region ◽  
South Asian Region

Purpose With climate change and environmental degradation being major issues in the world today, it is imperative for governments within a regional setting to collaborate on initiatives, harmonize their policies and develop strategies to counter threats. In South Asia, several attempts have been made to create a common framework for action in implementing synchronized policies. However, both political and technical deterrents have thwarted moves to accommodate priorities and interests of collaborating states. The purpose of this paper is to assess these issues and existing policies/strategies in selected South Asian countries and evaluate integrated plans of action based on collaborative partnerships. Design/methodology/approach Using a broad exploratory and interpretive approach, this paper evaluates how harmonization of environmental principles and synergies among countries can help reduce the effect of climate change and environmental hazards. Based on a review of ideas and concepts as well as both primary and secondary sources, including official records, legislation, inter-state and regional agreements, evaluation reports, impact studies (social, economic and ecological), and commentaries, it highlights several initiatives and processes geared to creating environmental protection standards and practices for the South Asian region. Findings Climate change has resulted in devastating impacts on people. It contributed to the proliferation of climate refugees and high incidence of poverty in South Asia. The region faces both political and technical obstacles in developing a sustainable approach to combat climate change. This is exacerbated by non-availability of information as well as reluctance to acknowledge the problem by key actors. The best strategy will be to integrate policies and regulations in the various countries of the region to develop strategic plans. The approach of prevention and protection should replace the existing emphasis on relief and rehabilitation. Originality/value The paper provides a critical overview of the climatic and environmental problems encountered in the South Asian region and provides pointers to resolving shared problems through the use of policy instruments for regulating the problems within the gamut of regional environmental governance. It attempts to identify solutions to offset regulatory and institutional barriers in achieving preferred results by emphasizing the need for redesigning regulatory structures and policy approaches for ecological well-being.

scholarly journals Dwelling, Dispossession, and “Slow Violence” in the Time of Climate Change The Representation of Refugees in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide

Il Tolomeo ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Pilia
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Human History ◽  
Amitav Ghosh ◽  
Deep Time ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Slow Violence ◽  
The Sundarbans

In this essay, I will analyse the crucial issues of dwelling and dispossession concerning refugees in the novel The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh. Political and environmental displacement is addressed within the framework of ‘slow violence’ as proposed by the landmark work of Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor (2011). With the intention to define the Morichjhãpi refugees as a foreshadowing of the climate migrations involving the lives of the subalterns in South Asia, as argued by Brandon Jones (2018), the essay provides a historical background of the Morichjhãpi Massacre and studies the forced eviction narrated in the novel through the pages of Nirmal’s diary. Together with Kusum, the Marxist professor experiences the tragedy of the subalterns in the ever-changing ecosystem of the Sundarbans, bridging the gap between environmental and postcolonial categories while providing fruitful insights within the notions of human history and ecological deep time.

Water policy, climate change and adaptation in South Asia

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mrittika Basu ◽  
Rajib Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Water Policy
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