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    Climate change in the Asia Pacific Region

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    Multiple factors indicate that the Asia/Pacific region possess a high degree of vulnerability to climate changes. Many nations within the region already struggle to cope with the current climate variability to which they are exposed including tropical cyclones, rainfall extremes, frequent droughts, and extreme tides. A review of 186 different regional and national estimates of the potential impacts of future climate change to various sectors within the Asia/Pacific region confirms that there is little room for optimism
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