A global warming of two degrees Celsius -- the minimum the world is likely to experience -- could result in permanent GDP reductions of four-five percent for South Asia, warns a new World Bank report.

Global warming now a reason for decreasing GDP in South Asia

Most of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are facing extreme or high risk of food shortages, according to a Food Security Risk Index ranking of 148 nations.

Pakistan, ranked 11th on the index, is at

Chennai: Melting Himalayan glaciers and other climate change impacts pose a direct threat to the water and food security of more than 1.6 billion people in South Asia, according to preliminary findings of a new study financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

A four-day South Asian Youth Summit on Climate Change concluded in Dhulikhel on Sunday, making a five-point commitment and dishing out a 10-point demand.

Four South Asian countries including Bangladesh, Afghanistan, India and Nepal are particularly vulnerable to falling crop yields caused by Melting Himalayan glacier, floods, droughts, erratic rainfall and other climate change impacts, says a preliminary finding of a new study financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

The climate change could directly threaten the water and food security of over 1.6 billion people of South Asia, preliminary findings of a new study financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has shown.

Melting Himalayan glaciers and other climate change impacts pose a direct threat to the water and food security of more than 1.6 billion people in South Asia, according to preliminary findings of a new study financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Climate change threatens to bring food and water shortages to 1.6 billion people in South Asia, with the region's poorest likely to be worst hit, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said here Wednesday. New research commissioned by the ADB shows that if current climate trends persist until 2050, maize yields in South Asia will fall by 17 percent, wheat by 12 percent and rice by 10 percent.

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has called for joint effort from the South Asian countries to tackle the increasing impacts of climate change.

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal inaugurating the regional climate change conference by lighting traditional oil lamp in Kathmandu, Monday, Aug 31 09. nepalnews.com/rh