The View from the Frontlines: Nexus Challenges in South Asia

In this episode, Nexus²⁵ contributor Thin Lei Win takes listeners to the world’s most populous - and climate-vulnerable - region: South Asia. From erratic monsoon seasons in India to tropical cyclones in the Philippines, policymakers and local populations alike are on the frontlines of climate change, grappling with extreme impacts of climate change on their livelihoods, agriculture, and security. Thin and this episode’s guests discuss regional nexus dynamics, opportunities for policy leadership, needed reforms to unlock climate finance, geopolitics and more - all in the hopes of catalyzing greater climate resilience in the region.