Extreme Climate Events and Human–Environment Interactions in Asia

The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climate events — including floods, droughts, heatwaves, tropical cyclones, and monsoon variability — pose unprecedented challenges to human societies and natural ecosystems across Asia. Driven by anthropogenic climate change, these events interact with the continent's diverse socioeconomic and environmental systems, amplifying vulnerabilities from the Himalayan highlands and arid Central Asian plains to the densely populated coastal megacities and island nations of South, Southeast, and East Asia. Despite growing scientific attention, critical gaps remain in understanding the cascading effects of extreme events on human–environment systems across Asia, particularly at varying spatial and temporal scales. Advancing this knowledge is essential for developing effective, evidence-based strategies to reduce risk and strengthen societal resilience in the face of a rapidly changing climate.This Research Topic aims to advance interdisciplinary understanding of how extreme climate events affect and are shaped by human–environment interactions across Asia, at local, national, and trans-boundary regional scales. A central challenge is bridging the gap between physical climate science and the social, ecological, and hydrological systems that both drive and respond to these extremes within Asia's varied geographic, cultural, and governance contexts. By bringing together researchers from climatology, hydrology, ecology, geography, and the social sciences, this collection seeks to identify key mechanisms linking climate extremes to societal outcomes in Asian settings, evaluate the effectiveness of current adaptation strategies, and propose pathways toward more resilient and sustainable human–environment systems across the continent.We welcome original research and review articles with a flexible geographic scope, including:- **Single-country studies** examining local drivers, impacts, or adaptation responses within any Asian nation.- **Comparative country-level analyses** exploring differences in exposure, vulnerability, governance, or response across two or more Asian countries.- **Regional and sub-regional studies** addressing shared challenges across South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, or trans-boundary systems such as major river basins (e.g., Mekong, Ganges-Brahmaputra, Indus, Yangtze), mountain ranges, and coastal zones.Submissions are invited on the following themes:1. Physical drivers and trends in extreme climate events across Asia under current and future climate scenarios, including monsoon dynamics and regional teleconnections.2. Impacts of climate extremes on water resources, agriculture, ecosystems, and human health in Asian contexts.3. Feedbacks between land use change, urbanisation, hydrology, and climate extremes across Asian landscapes.4. Community and institutional responses, including early warning systems, indigenous and local knowledge, policy frameworks, and nature-based solutions tailored to Asian settings.5. Cross-scale interactions between local human–environment systems in Asia and broader climatic processes.We particularly encourage interdisciplinary or multi-method submissions that integrate observational data with modelling and reflect the diverse geographic, socioeconomic, and cultural contexts found across Asia. Topic editors: Ghani Rahman, Muhammad Farhan Ul Moazzam, Atta-ur Rahman Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/80993/extreme-climate-events-and-human-environment-interactions-in-asia