a person living in asia and the pacific is almost twice as likely to be affected by a natural disaster than a person living in africa almost six times more likely than someone in latin america and the caribbean and almost times more likely than a person living in north america or europe escap a all regions of the world are projected to experience varying impacts because of climate change in asia and the pacific increases in flooding heatrelated mortality and droughtrelated water and food shortages have been identified as the main risks if current climate change and development patterns continue by hundreds of millions of people most of them in the coastal areas of east southeast and south asia may be displaced unless adaptation measures are put in place