Inevitably, climate change has risen up the agenda – not least because although the region is not a main contributor of the emissions causing global warming, it is likely to be a disproportionately affected by them. Estimates suggest the region has so far generated only about 4-6% of global emissions, yet it could suffer annual damage of a $100 billion by 2050r of due to declines in agricultural yields, the disappearance of glaciers, floods, droughts, and other problems caused by global warming.  Article