This document is one of 12 regional profiles completed as a contribution to the Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean. It presents a review of current and planned adaptation action in South Asia, which is defined as including the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It first provides an overview of adaptation action at a regional level, highlighting commonalities and differences between South Asian countries. The appendices that follow discuss adaptation action taking place in each of the eight countries in the regio