In South East Asia, a major challenge arises from the risk of converging crises due to the fact that food, water and energy security are interconnected. As demand for all three will increase in the upcoming decades, shocks such as natural disasters or droughts could have devastating knock-on effects. Increasing climate variability will make it more difficult to predict timing, size and impact of such events. If multiple crises occur in short succession, this could cascade into other areas as well, interfacing with political instability and armed conflicts in the region. Aside from this, the Mekong River will become increasingly taxed by the six riparian countries. Even without climate change, the conflicting priorities of the riparian nations could have negative repercussions for human development in the region. Climate change is likely to accentuate them further.