A RESEARCH report entitled The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: A Regional Review was made public at the end of April, on the eve of the 42nd annual session of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Bali on May 2-5, 2009.

The findings of the ADB study are quite alarming particularly if the world continues its business-as-usual stance without undertaking joint efforts to control global warming.

Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand an