Southeast Asia: The Impact of Climate Change to 2030: Geopolitical Implications   [open pdf - 551KB]

"The National Intelligence Council-sponsored workshop entitled, The Implications of Global Climate Change in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Island States, held on July 21, 2009 brought together a panel of regional experts to consider the probable effects of climate change on Southeast Asia from a social, political, and economic perspective. The workshop focused on Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Burma. The panelists concluded that Southeast Asia faces a greater threat from existing manmade environmental challenges than from climate change to 2030."