Climate Science and Society: Adapting to the Changing Asian Climate

Climate change represents one of the core issues of sustainability.  Adapting to the changing climate requires collaboration among climate scientists, social scientists, policymakers, and citizens.  A two-way interaction between science and society, and the co-evolution of the two are often advocated as a model for sustainability, but practicing it remains a challenge.  We discuss the experience with the Asian Development Bank-JICA-World Bank assessment that examined the potential consequences of climate change in the Asia coastal cities.  We discuss the achievements and reflect on the difficulties encountered during the assessment.