Climate Change in Southeast Asia: Impact on Vulnerable Nations

Running head: CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Climate change in Southeast Asia
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1CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Introduction
The climate during the end of May results in a turmoil in the areas around the Indian
Ocean. This phenomenon occurs on a regular basis and the people have named it as Monsoon
(Allard, 2010). The thesis statement for this essay will be- The monsoon influences the tropical
and sub- tropical areas.
Description
A wide range of research is carried out to aid the human influence on global climate
change. The countries all over the world are becoming seriously involved in making the world a
safer place to live in. It is a concern because climate change has a major impact on all part of the
earth and there are few areas such as Southeast Asia, which are vulnerable to disaster. The data
collected on the change in global climate has focused on the findings that the amount of CO2 has
tremendously increased in the past 50 years. This increase in the use of greenhouse gases is
considered responsible behind the increase in CO2. The region of South East Asia, which
consists of Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and others, was highlighted in the light of
global climate change. Mostly the coastal and island nations constitute the region of South East
Asia (Mach & Mastrandrea, 2014).
If the Plate Tectonic Theory is used in this regard, then the location of South East Asia is
in between the two plates- the Indo- Australian plate and the Philippine plate, which forms the
deep ocean trenches. The ‘ring of fire’ revolves on a circle of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean.
The trenches are responsible for weakening the earth’s layer and the magma from the layers
creates the islands. The islands thus created have active volcanoes and largely vulnerable to