State of the Climate in Asia 2021

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14 November 2022

The State of the Climate in Asia 2021 report highlights how climate change impacts are wreaking an ever-increasing human, financial and environmental toll, worsening food insecurity and poverty and holding back sustainable development. In 2021 alone, weather and water-related hazards caused total damage of US$ 35.6 billion, affecting nearly 50 million people.

The report paints a worrying scenario for future water stress. High Mountain Asia, including the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, conta

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State of the Climate in Asia 2021

Aerial view of patchwork rice fields in the foreground with a densely packed urban area stretching into the distance.

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The global climate system is complex. In order to unpack such complexity, the WMO State of the Global Climate uses Climate Indicators to describe the changing climate—providing a broad view of the climate at a global and regional scale.