Monday, August 2, 2010

Is climate change South Asia's deadliest threat?


Tackling climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing South Asia. Regional leaders are meeting in Bhutan this week, but are they any nearer agreeing  to an action plan? The BBC's Navin Singh Khadka reports.
The issue of climate change is the main item on the agenda of the summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit under way in the Bhutanese capital Thimpu.
But given the poor track record of co-operation achieved by the regional grouping over other sensitive issues in the past, will the thorny issue of climate change become bogged down in rhetoric and recriminations?
Experts say the vulnerability of the region to climate change means that there is an urgent need for concrete action. More >>>