Acknowledgments T he Asian Development Bank (ADB) Climate Change Fund and the Government of Sweden provided funding to the Climate Change and Health technical assistance with technical support from the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This report was prepared by Benoit Laplante, Genandrialine Peralta, and Canesio Predo under the guidance and supervision of Bartlett Edes, Director, Poverty Reduction, Gender, and Social Development Division (RSGS) of ADB’s Regional and Sustainable Development Department (RSDD); Jacques Jeugmans, Practice Leader (Health), RSGS/RSDD; and Rikard Elfving, Social Development Specialist, RSGS/RSDD. A regional consultation took place on 30 August 2010 in Seoul, Republic of Korea in conjunction with the 2010 Joint Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology and the International Society for Exposure Science. We thank the following participants for their comments and suggestions on an early draft of the paper: Hae-Kwan Cheong, Shay Fout, Yasushi Honda, Yun-Chul Hong, Jostacio Lapitan, Anthony J. McMichael, Hisashi Ogawa, Weimin Song, Peter Sly, and Alistair Woodward. We also appreciate the participation of the following country representatives for their contribution: Nepal—Padam Raj Bhatta and Harj Prasad Ghimire. Philippines—Rodolfo M. Albornoz and Maria Imelda S. Gomez. Tajikistan—Firdavs Hayokhojaev and Bobodzhon Ismoilov. The report also benefited from the support and technical inputs of the following: Khamza Abdurakhimov, Mahfuz Ahmed, Claudia Buentjen, Beau Damen, Robert Dobias, Purushottam Ghimire, Herath Gunatilake, Peter Hayes, Anneli Hildeman, Azamdzhon Ibodov, Tomas Lundstrom, Bonifacio Magtibay, Cecile Magturo, Cindy Malvicini, Sharon Mañalac, Ian O’Donnell, Makoto Ojiro, Göran Paulsson, Anil Pokhrel, Bandana Pradhan, Zarrina Sanginova, Lauren Sorkin, Myo Thant, Terrence Thompson, and Maria Dulce Zara. v