Asia’s largest study on the environment reveals increased pressure on jobs and basic resources, with many struggling to survive
BBC Media Action has launched the findings of Asia’s largest study of people’s experience of climate change. The study provides the first comprehensive picture of how people are being impacted by climate change and maps where communities are struggling to adapt.
The 35,500 people interviewed in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and Vietnam were not climate scientists or policymakers. They were the farmers, fishermen, housewives, and slum dwellers who live at the frontline of changes in the environment across the region.
Across the region, almost all respondents have identified significant changes to their environment and basic resources – from increased temperatures and extreme weather events to decreases in water and food.
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