Presentation to the 23rd CWC Conference of States Parties (CSP) Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, The Netherlands, November 23, 2018

With the evolution of the term ‘Blue Economy’, the Indian Ocean region is gaining strategic significance in global affairs. It is the world’s third largest water body and contains important sea lanes that help in feeding Asia’s largest economies.

This paper attempts to compile nuclear events,     including weapon use and tests     as well as debates surrounding nuclear    winter.    It also    briefly    discusses these    devastating environmental effects in the light of a hypothetical nuclear war between two South Asian nuclear neighbours.

By 2050, rising population in flood prone lands, climate change, deforestation, loss of wetlands and rising sea levels are expected to increase the number of people vulnerable to flood disaster to 2 billion.