The economic impacts of climate change have the potential to be unevenly
distributed around the globe. In particular, the developing regions of the world will
likely be the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In this dissertation
the region of South East Asia is the focus with respect to the economics of climate
change, an area of economics that is subject to great uncertainties with respect to
data, model specification and results. South East Asia is a rapidly developing region
both economically and socially, and in an environmental sense the countries of the
region encompass similar ecosystems and climatic conditions. Both of these factors
make it an interesting region for study. This dissertation examines the region's
vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, forecasts the environmental and
economic outcomes for the region arising from it's vulnerability and also the
opportunities these factors provide for policy actions towards alleviating climate
change vulnerability, particularly through adaptation.