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How climate crisis is redefining home and who counts as a refugee

...floods and riverbank erosion enact a slower violence, while the 2023 Teesta Glacial Lake Outburst Flood suddenly displaced over 7600 people. Development has always produced displacement. We have simpl...

13 Aug 2026

How climate crisis is redefining home and who counts as a refugee

News / Food & Agriculture

The world’s great deltas are sinking, threatening global food supplies

...floods, Goichot said. “They saw floods as beneficial rather than destructive.” But modern riverine cultures can no longer cope. “Now we are losing both the benefits of floods and our resilience to the...

10 May 2026

The world’s great deltas are sinking, threatening global food supplies

Opinion / Water

China’s super-dam is becoming an upstream water bomb

...floods across densely populated downstream plains with little warning. What begins as an engineering failure in Tibet could become a humanitarian catastrophe extending all the way to Bangladesh, the w...

1 Sep 2026

China’s super-dam is becoming an upstream water bomb

News / Food & Agriculture

Nepal’s traditional grain bins help keep food safe from heat, floods

...floods are common. Both challenges are likely to exacerbate amid a warming climate. However, the materials used to make a dehari help protect grains from both heat as well as floods. “Soil and husk us...

7 May 2026

Nepal’s traditional grain bins help keep food safe from heat, floods

News / Policy & Finance

Taiwan rolls out urban forestry, water plans to tackle climate risks

...flood resilience and supporting biodiversity. Environment Minister Peng Chi-ming said the initiative would use drones and LiDAR remote sensing to map urban heat hotspots, alongside 3D modelling to sim...

5 May 2026

Taiwan rolls out urban forestry, water plans to tackle climate risks

News / Carbon & Climate

Malaysia risks missing crucial reforms as delay to climate change bill creates uncertainty

...floods, rising temperatures and other climate-related impacts. He acknowledged that the bill would likely face criticism for not going far enough but said waiting for perfect legislation would only st...

10 Aug 2026

Malaysia risks missing crucial reforms as delay to climate change bill creates uncertainty

News / Policy & Finance

'Climate adaptation is economic investment, not a cost': UNDP senior official

...flood defenses, paved roads. I hear this all the time. This view is a lack of imagination among the private sector." He warned that failing to invest in adaptation could be far more expensive, citing ...

29 Jul 2026

'Climate adaptation is economic investment, not a cost': UNDP senior official

News / Carbon & Climate

Why extreme heat could be Asia’s most underestimated health challenge

...floods and storms, extreme heat often leaves no visible trail of destruction. This is because disaster databases primarily capture direct, acute fatalities from sudden events such as floods and typhoo...

18 Aug 2026

Why extreme heat could be Asia’s most underestimated health challenge

Citizens in Tuvalu wait for cargo to be unloaded

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

To strengthen climate resilience, focus on social protection

...floods. Climate shocks trap poor households in a downward spiral. Droughts and floods not only wipe out crops but also destroy homes and kill livestock. Lacking insurance or access to safety nets, the...

24 Apr 2026

To strengthen climate resilience, focus on social protection

Videos / Cities

Financing adaptation and resilience: Closing Asia Pacific's investment gap

...flood protection and storage to smarter distribution and reuse – and what it takes to turn these resilience needs into scalable, investable opportunities across Asia Pacific. Speakers: Urasate Navanu...

1 Oct 2026

Financing adaptation and resilience: Closing Asia Pacific's investment gap

News / Cities

Thailand’s Hat Yai rebuilds after devastating floods

...flood crisis that Hat Yai, the largest city in the south of Thailand, experienced in November 2025 is far from over. The waters have receded, but the recovery has only just begun. That the flood occur...

6 Feb 2026

Thailand’s Hat Yai rebuilds after devastating floods

News / Carbon & Climate

Can a Chinese AI weather system help Pakistan manage the impacts of a changing climate?

...floods in regional neighbour Nepal and China, MAZU is also being used to assess and forecast local weather conditions for organising rescue efforts, reports China Daily. Using the system, Chinese auth...

25 Sep 2026

Can a Chinese AI weather system help Pakistan manage the impacts of a changing climate?

News / Energy

Bangladesh sought more energy from Nepal, but floods have halted exports

...floods swept through the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river systems, killing at least 1,250 people as of 3 September. The floods also damaged 15 hydropower plants and critical transmission infrastructure, ...

7 Sep 2026

Bangladesh sought more energy from Nepal, but floods have halted exports

Press Releases / GlobeScan

Collective action is key to tackling growing water risks across Asia-Pacific

...flooding, pollution, and increasing pressure on freshwater resources. These challenges are affecting communities, agriculture, industry, and supply chains, highlighting the need for more coordinated r...

17 Jul 2026

Collective action is key to tackling growing water risks across Asia-Pacific

News / Cities

Q&A: Keeping Pakistan’s homes cool with simple solutions

...floods and episodes of extreme heat that are becoming more frequent and intense. In the north, there are mountains and glaciers. Rapid melting can contribute to glacial lakes bursting and floods that ...

3 Jul 2026

Q&A: Keeping Pakistan’s homes cool with simple solutions

News / Cities

Climate risks threaten more than 380 coastal World Heritage Sites

...flooding,” Clarke said. But in sites that have cultural and natural heritage status simultaneously, or those with purely natural value, “then you have compound cascading risks.” In these places, clim...

31 Aug 2026

Climate risks threaten more than 380 coastal World Heritage Sites

Opinion / Cities

Aceh’s bitter lesson, relearned

...flooding , with large amounts of logs carried by the floods causing massive destruction. The steep slopes of upstream areas, composed of thick, bare soil/weathered rocks, contribute to landslides that...

22 Jan 2026

Aceh’s bitter lesson, relearned

News / Transport

Fishers struggle as Gwadar port grows

...flooding and environmental destruction. Fishers who once thrived on the bounties of the sea have resorted to smuggling Iranian oil through a sea route near the border. How Gwadar boomed In 2015 China ...

31 Jul 2026

Fishers struggle as Gwadar port grows

News / Carbon & Climate

Asia-Pacific faces ‘US$500 billion a year’ hit from rising seas if current policies continue

...floods permanently, the “assets” are completely lost. For areas that only flood periodically, the authors use a model linking flood depth to a percentage of land damaged to calculate the economic cons...

8 Dec 2025

Asia-Pacific faces ‘US$500 billion a year’ hit from rising seas if current policies continue

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Squeezed by debt and disasters, the Global South needs reparations, not more loans

As Thailand counts the cost of devastating floods, the world’s most powerful financial institutions are gathering in the capital. Finance ministers, central bankers, and delegates have arrived for the...

9 Oct 2026

Squeezed by debt and disasters, the Global South needs reparations, not more loans

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