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...flood prone cities such as the construction of large underground tanks at various flooding hotspots (in Mumbai), integrated flood management project (in Chennai), a strategic drainage development prog...

25 Jun 2024

...flooding and killed more than 100 people, with nearly a million still sheltering at evacuation centres. The country has barely recovered from the onslaught of the worst storm to hit the country this y...

29 Oct 2024

As COP30 climate talks kicked off in Brazil's port city of Belém on Monday, opening speeches in the Amazonas hall were heavy on ambition, but just down the corridor there was a stark reminder of what...

21 Nov 2025

...floods and droughts. Since 2018, at least 12 major cyclones have hit Bangladesh, resulting in a major loss of lives, livelihoods and property. Mohsin feels strongly about the scale of climate-change-i...

1 Apr 2025

A cargo ship passes through the Strait of Malacca

Almost two-thirds of the world’s oil moves by sea, but the infrastructure that underpins the global crude trade is itself at risk of being swamped by the ocean, as global warming accelerates the melti...

17 Sep 2025

...floods. “For example, we’ve developed hyper-local flood forecasting models with AI to forecast where riverine floods will occur, which is currently available in flood-prone places like India, Thailan...

9 Sep 2024

...flood disaster in Nepal’s Melamchi River offers a glimpse of what is to come. Unusually heavy monsoon rains, coupled with excessive snowmelt, triggered a debris flow that wiped out thousands of hectar...

24 Feb 2025

...floods in 2022 and Ethiopian drought in 2022.) In the UK, food price inflation is still rising as retailers partly blamed “hot weather hitting harvest yields”, the Guardian reported. Cabbage, olive ...

24 Jul 2025

...flooding In the spring of 2024, a series of unseasonably early spring storms swept across large parts of central Asia, causing severe flooding which destroyed homes and crops, and killed thousands of ...

4 Jul 2024

...flood two villages, Long Leju and Long Peleban. On completion of the final stage, which is scheduled for 2035, the five combined units could yield a generation capacity of 9,000 megawatts. This cascad...

17 Apr 2025

Indigenous Peoples at COP30 closing plenary

...flood and a fire. The summit saw Indigenous protests on an unprecedented scale, but the final negotiations were once again dominated by fossil fuel interests and delaying tactics. After 10 years of cl...

1 Dec 2025

...Flood protection and growing drought-resistant crops are examples. But here’s the paradox. Mitigation projects may generate tangible economic benefits such as direct, indirect and induced employment ...

27 Dec 2024

UN Food Systems Coordination Hub to spotlight food as security at COP30 and the World Social Summit

...floods in Pakistan. Debt distress forces governments to cut social protection just when people need it most. In this environment, food systems are central to stability and security. The Arab Spring w...

29 Oct 2025

...flooding and cause irreversible harm that future generations will have to bear?" She stressed that meaningful participation must extend beyond public consultations. "Were local government units and in...

27 Jul 2026

...floods, droughts and wildfires more frequent, which in turn push hunger rates higher. The percentage of the world's population facing hunger in countries affected by climate extremes has increased fro...

27 Nov 2024

...Flood protection is a prime example. As inundations become more frequent and severe, restoring floodplains and other proactive measures have become increasingly important. Long-term adaptation should ...

4 Sep 2024

...floods and droughts, a year-long approval cycle for climate financing can turn a disaster into a catastrophe. COP30 must push for accelerated disbursement standards, simplified access procedures, and ...

20 Nov 2025

...flooded fields, barefoot as usual, when he noticed a strange greenish tint in the water. He carried on but soon started to feel a tingling in his feet. By the time he got home, the skin on his leg had...

23 Jul 2026

...floods. Yet there is a troubling gap between the public commitments made by the biggest Malaysian and Singaporean banks and their lending practices. Singapore’s OCBC, UOB and DBS as well as Malaysia’s...

21 Oct 2025

Climate health risks put US$1.5 trillion in productivity at stake by 2050

Geneva, Switzerland, 18 September 2025 – In the next 25 years, climate-driven health impacts could result in the loss of more than US$1.5 trillion in lost output from select climate-healt...

22 Sep 2025

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