Asia has experienced widespread transformation and growth, accompanied by increased demographic pressures, greater intensification of agricultural production, industrialization, and urbanization. This economic growth has been very resource- and carbon-intensive, at the expense of the natural environment. In addition, climate change has further exacerbated water scarcity, extreme weather events, vegetation, and soil quality, and triggered or exacerbated behaviors and defense mechanisms, that have come at the expense of the natural environment, resulting in further pressure on natural resources and increasing the vulnerability of communities and ecosystems. Sustaining economic growth and development would be increasingly constrained if current trends of environmental degradation remain unchecked.