.I do agree with you that millions of south Asians will be severely affected by climate change by 2100. According to CCVI (20111), Bangladesh and India are at most risk due to climate change. Sea-level rise (SLR) for example, will cause forced migration (climate refugees) (37. 2 million from India and 27 million from Bangladesh). Commercial buildings, industrial facilities, airports, ports, hospitals, schools, and other economic and social infrastructure which are close to the coast will also be at risk due to SLR. In addition, SLR will increase the risk of cholera in many countries including Bangladesh since cholera bacterium, Vibrio cholerae survive longer in salinity range from 2.5 ppt to 30 ppt. SLR would further cause loss of agricultural land due to flooding of lands and intrusion of seawater into freshwater aquifers, as a result agriculture in low-lying coastal area or adjacent to deltas will be affected. Saline intrusion caused by rising sea-level (an invasion of seawater into freshwater and brackish areas) would cause the most significant impact on coastal groundwater resources in particular shallow sandy aquifers along low-lying coasts. There will be loss of biodiversity (a 28 cm SLR will cause a decline of 96% tiger habitat in Sundarbans). Coastal defences, flood warning systems and planned retreat, coastal buffer zones, building houses on stilts, elevated storm shelters with emergency evacuation are some of adaptation options. To counteract the losses of rice lands is to grow salt tolerant rice in affected rice areas or to grow brackish water prawn and fish in inundated areas to take advantages of the salty water. Euryhaline species may be selected for coastal aquaculture.

To effectively meet the challenges posed by climate change, imho it is most necessary to invest in a good education. This should lead to a better understanding of the causes of people's own actions in regard to climate change and their responsability to act accordingly. It should be a global consensus to foster climate-friendly behaviour in every country by means of support and incentives.

On what theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) calls “a positive note”, its members have slashed emissions of sulphur oxides by 69% since 1990 and of nitrogen oxide by 36% in the same period.Sulphur oxides, in various forms, are a chief cause of acid rain and a potent greenhouse gas. Nitrogen oxides are also a contributor to climate change and low level ozone, which damages plants and buildings and irritates human lungs.

These reductions have been possible because of political action, showing that it is not the lack of technology that prevents the world tackling climate change but the lack of will and legislation.

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/01/15/worlds-richest-nations-failing-to-address-climate-change/

Climate-smart agriculture approaches can benifit one another to be ultimately fruitful farmers through higher income. Particular practices, such as incorporating trees into farms, water capture technologies, inter-cropping, and integrated livestock-crop systems, increase resilience to climatic stress, building soil organic matter, and storing carbon.

I would like to add the cancelation of farming subsidies in highly developed countries to the to-do list for a sustainable future.

Earthworms are long revered for their beneficial role in soil fertility, but with the good comes the bad: they also increase greenhouse gas emissions from soils, according to a study published Feb. 3 in Nature Climate Change by a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, soil scientist.http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10485

For the first time, a field test has demonstrated that elevated levels of carbon dioxide inhibit plants' assimilation of nitrate into proteins, indicating that the nutritional quality of food crops is at risk as climate change intensifies. Findings from this wheat field-test study, led by a University of California, Davis, plant scientist, are reported online in the journal Nature Climate Change. "Food quality is declining under the rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide that we are experiencing," said lead author Arnold Bloom, a professor in the Department of Plant Sciences.http://article.wn.com/view/2014/04/10/Field_study_shows_why_food_quality_will_suffer_with_rising_C/

The latest report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) addresses the role cities can play in dealing with climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Cities also face huge challenges related to global warming. Urban centers are responsible for about 75 percent of global energy use and produce 80 percent of greenhouse gas emissions that are known to contribute to global warming.

That great concentration of people, and energy use and carbon pollution provides great opportunities. Cities can be made greener by retrofitting old buildings, to increase energy efficiency.

Simple measures like installing more installation, switching to energy-efficient lighting and buying improved boilers and furnaces would be easy energy efficiency steps. Those steps will not alone be enough.

http://guardianlv.com/2014/04/global-warming-poses-huge-challenge-to-cities/

Some examples of climate smart agriculture and fisheries with reference to adaptation and mitigation are (a) Integrated agriculture-aquaculture; (b) floating agriculture (flood prone regions), (d) agro-forestry (e) conservation agriculture (no tillage); (f) sand bar cropping (drought prone regions); (g) simultaneous forestry, fisheries and food production; (h) energy efficient fish farming etc.

EL niño current of the Pacific Ocean is one of the factor which has affected monsoon wind . There is possibility of scanty rain.People scared about shortage of rainfall

If climate change is not tackled, the globe is more likely than not to be 4 degrees warmer by 2100, accompanied by "substantial species extinction, [and] global and regional food insecurity".

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/un-panel-warns-opportunity-to-stop-climate-change-fading-fast-20141102-11fmmq.html

A compromise draft on national pledges to cut global carbon emissions saved the UN climate talks from a collapse and kept hopes alive for a global deal in Paris next year to combat climate change. After a marathon 13-day conference of parties (COP), negotiators on Sunday adopted the draft that addressed India's concerns and set the roadmap for a new binding deal.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/lima-deal-saves-climate-talks-india-satisfied/articleshow/45517359.cms

"Melting glaciers contribute to global sea level rise, and this contribution is really substantial," study leader Oskar Glowacki, a researcher at the Polish Academy of Sciences' Institute of Geophysics, told Live Science. "It's about 20 to 25 percent. Just imagine — people living on islands and coastal areas are in danger."

http://www.livescience.com/49714-iceberg-calving-sound-recordings.html

VIDEO: David Suzuki explains the link between carbon emissions and extreme weather

http://davidsuzuki.org/issues/climate-change/science/intergovernmental-panel-on-climate-change/video-the-link-between-carbon-emissions-and-extreme-weather/

The first study of ancient populations of the world's largest penguin, the emperor penguin, has raised serious concerns about the future prospects of the species.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-02/studies-of-ancient-penguin-populations-concern-climate-change/6273412

Large scale deforestation can cause 18% decline in India's rainfall.

The study, led by Govindasamy Bala from the Divecha Centre for Climate Change at the Indian Institute of Science and published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, is based on first hand climate modeling. Researchers used a model simulating atmosphere circulation, as well as photosynthesis, transpiration, warming of the ocean surface and ice melt.

The study quantifies the precipitation and the shift of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in all monsoon regions. The ITCZ appears as a band of clouds, usually thunderstorms, which circles the globe near the equator and drives current rainfall patterns in the tropics.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/large-scale-deforestation-could-shift-monsoons-leaving-india-high-and-dry/article1-1322479.aspx

The researchers studied a new class of materials based on magnesium oxide (MgO), which can capture larger quantities of carbon at much lower temperatures than many other substances being investigated. They discovered that coating MgO particles with substances called alkali metal nitrates boosted the amount of carbon dioxide that material could take up by more than 10-fold. The MgO captures a significantly higher amount of carbon dioxide (2 to 10 times) than other systems for a given volume. This translates into smaller equipment needs and lower plant costs. Additionally, the particles themselves are readily prepared with low-cost materials.

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2015/03/reducing-emissions-more-effective-carbon-capture-method

There is evidence that the 2007−2010 drought contributed to the conflict in Syria. It was the worst drought in the instrumental record, causing widespread crop failure and a mass migration of farming families to urban centers. Century-long observed trends in precipitation, temperature, and sea-level pressure, supported by climate model results, strongly suggest that anthropogenic forcing has increased the probability of severe and persistent droughts in this region, and made the occurrence of a 3-year drought as severe as that of 2007−2010 2 to 3 times more likely than by natural variability alone. We conclude that human influences on the climate system are implicated in the current Syrian conflict.

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/02/23/1421533112.abstract

Scientists have discovered two pathways that are likely channelling warm ocean water under a massive Antarctic glacier, which could contribute to rising global sea levels, a study revealed Tuesday.The 120-kilometre (75 miles) long Totten Glacier, more than 30 kilometres wide, is the largest in East Antarctica and melting more quickly than others in the area.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2998232/Hidden-paths-Antarctic-glacier-melt-study.html

Glaciers in the Everest region of the Himalayas could shrink at least 70% or even disappear entirely by the end of the century if greenhouse-gas emissions continue to rise, scientists warned on Wednesday.

http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-the-glaciers-of-mount-everest-may-disappear-by-2100-new-study-2089793

I doubt any assesments contain any knowledge. I have writen and documented and discovered the mechanisms driving climate dynamics and variability you dont find in assesments

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dimis_Poulos