Climate change will reverse decades of social and economic progress across Asia, campaigners claim.
A report by a coalition of environment and aid agencies calls for urgent action to avert the threat.
The Working Group on Climate Change and Development says industrialised countries must cut carbon emissions massively by mid-century.
The coalition calls on the UK government to set an example by championing renewable energy.
The report - Up In Smoke? Asia and the Pacific - says Asia is "effectively on the front line of climate change", as it is home to almost two-thirds of the world's population.
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