Environmental Change and Impact

Asia and the Pacific are home to a vast ecological diversity: the Pacific fisheries, deserts, tropical rainforests, mountains, pasture lands, etc.  Economic development has effects both large and small on all of these natural environments.  A selection of writings  on “Environmental Change and Impact” are available below.

• Climate Matters “Documoments” on the Effects of Climate Change on the Hawaiian Environment (11/2011)
• Cities at Risk: Asia’s Coastal Cities in an Age of Climate Change (PDF) (7/2011) 
• The New Golden Triangle Highway and Assessing its Impact (4/2011)
• China and Disincentives for Democratic Change (3/2011)
• Climate Change and a New Must to Establish a Human-Climate Partnership (2/2011)
• Evolving Role of Asia in Global Climate Change (1/2011)
• In Search of Refuge: Pacific Islands, Climate Induced Migration, and the Legal Frontier (PDF) (1/2011)
• Why Science Alone Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis: Managing Climate Risks in the Pacific (PDF) (8/2009)
• Living with a Climate in Transition: Pacific Communities Plan for Today and Tomorrow (PDF) (3/2003)