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FEMA handles floods and fires: can it weather Trump?

...floodplains, and its flood risk mapping helps guide construction countrywide, Moore noted. "FEMA has an even larger role on flood disasters than it does elsewhere," he said. States already request hel...

4 Feb 2025

FEMA handles floods and fires: can it weather Trump?

News / Carbon & Climate

Asia is the world’s biggest spender on nature, but it must invest billions more: UNEP

...flood protection of cities, could be used to increase private investment into nature. “Sustainability-linked loans and bonds with a nature component are increasing,” it said, citing Sustainable Fitch ...

23 Jan 2026

Asia is the world’s biggest spender on nature, but it must invest billions more: UNEP

News / Cities

What is lost when mangroves are replaced with road

...flooding happening in informal settlements,” he says. “In Mumbai, around 50 per cent of the population lives in informal or vulnerable housing, meaning flood impacts a very large segment of the city.”...

2 Feb 2026

What is lost when mangroves are replaced with road

News / Water

The Indus Waters Treaty hangs in the balance

...flood-related information to help Pakistan manage its flood risks. “For instance,” notes the Indian expert, “India’s data on the Kishenganga River’s flow throughout the year enabled Pakistan to upgrad...

16 May 2025

The Indus Waters Treaty hangs in the balance

News / Cities

‘Trapped populations’ need help to escape climate risks

...flood-prone neighbourhoods, refugee camps, conflict zones, or even within urban heat islands.” For these people, “leaving isn’t an option, and staying is increasingly dangerous”. Ignoring these popula...

24 Apr 2025

‘Trapped populations’ need help to escape climate risks

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News / Lifestyle

Singapore university trials carbon-labelled meals on campus menus

Singapore’s largest university is trialing menus that display the carbon emissions of meals sold at outlets across its campus. National University of Singapore (NUS) is to display the emissions associ...

16 Jan 2026

Singapore university trials carbon-labelled meals on campus menus

News / Water

The Mekong Delta’s climate defences are failing

...floods also allowed fruit trees like durian, rambutan and longan to thrive in areas naturally prone to flooding and salinity. In the 1990s and 2000s, a new “freshening coastal zones” policy aimed to p...

21 May 2025

The Mekong Delta’s climate defences are failing

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News / Cities

How effective are early warning systems when disasters strike?

...floods and storms become more common because of the climate emergency. The heavy human and financial cost of the flooding across Europe, back-to-back hurricanes in the United States and repeated typho...

3 Dec 2024

How effective are early warning systems when disasters strike?

Opinion / Cities

Sea level rise a clear threat to Malaysia

...flooding. This study by the Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub Malaysia node found 70 per cent of Malaysians have experienced floods. “ Malaysia’s urban areas – which are home to aroun...

12 Dec 2024

Sea level rise a clear threat to Malaysia

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Insurers must promote the blue economy

...flooding – result in higher claims and can even make it prohibitively expensive to cover certain assets. “ Developing a thriving, sustainable blue economy requires meaningful, coordinated action back...

16 Jun 2025

Insurers must promote the blue economy

News / Food & Agriculture

Ladakh’s apricot lifeline challenged by a changing climate

...Floodwaters damaged infrastructure, cut off roads and flights, and isolated villages. The extreme rainfall also exposed the fragility of Ladakh’s ecological and agricultural systems. This volatility i...

13 Jul 2026

Ladakh’s apricot lifeline challenged by a changing climate

News / Energy

Analysis: South Asian cross-border energy trade ignores climate risk

...floods and landslides. About 1,100MW of hydroelectricity production was halted due to flood damage, says Deepak Khadka, Nepal’s minister for energy, water resources and irrigation. The melting of glac...

9 Dec 2024

Analysis: South Asian cross-border energy trade ignores climate risk

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Nature risk is financial risk

...floods in Pakistan devastated agriculture – which employs 40 per cent of the workforce – driving up food prices and pushing the country to the brink of default. In Indonesia, deforestation and peatlan...

25 Jul 2025

Nature risk is financial risk

News / Water

Solar power brings fresh water to Bangladesh’s thirsty coastal region

Solar-powered desalination plants are offering a lifeline to communities in the most climate-ravaged part of Bangladesh’s coast, where rising sea levels, floods and tidal surges are pushing saltwater ...

13 Aug 2025

Solar power brings fresh water to Bangladesh’s thirsty coastal region

News / Food & Agriculture

China’s rural communities are adapting to climate change

...flooding. Farming is on the wane, so the local young folk have gone elsewhere to find work. Half of the villagers are in middle or old age. After assessing climate risks, Liao Fenglian’s team decided ...

18 Aug 2025

China’s rural communities are adapting to climate change

News / Cities

Sri Lanka ramps up dengue battle with mosquito control drive

Niroshan Peters, 54, a resident of Dematagoda, a densely populated suburb in Colombo, has no option but to live and work in an environment frequently polluted due to careless waste disposal. He blames...

10 Jul 2026

Sri Lanka ramps up dengue battle with mosquito control drive

News / Carbon & Climate

AI enhances flood warnings but cannot erase risk of disaster

...floodwater can safely be stored, and early warning systems. They also need to minimise development in flood-prone areas, given the likelihood of more intense climate change-driven floods, and meet the...

18 Oct 2024

AI enhances flood warnings but cannot erase risk of disaster

Press Releases / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Why local leadership will shape Asia-Pacific’s urban future

...flood resilience measures blend grey and green infrastructure, while Malé, Maldives’ mobility plan aims to advance electric transport and safer, more inclusive urban movement. ...

9 Jan 2026

Why local leadership will shape Asia-Pacific’s urban future

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News / Carbon & Climate

Why is the weather becoming more extreme?

...Floods Between 2000 and 2020, the number of major floods more than doubled, from 1,389 to 3,254, while the incidence of storms grew from 1,457 to 2,034, according to a UN report. Flooding is caused ...

4 Oct 2024

Why is the weather becoming more extreme?

Press Releases / United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

What are the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans?

...floods and droughts. Who is involved in updating and implementing NBSAPs? NBSAPs require a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach. This means involving all gover...

4 Feb 2026

What are the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans?

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