Global Warming to Increase Water in South Asian Rivers
[ISLAMABAD] A wetter future awaits South Asia, says a new study based on global climate change models that informed the fifth assessment report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
[ISLAMABAD] A wetter future awaits South Asia, says a new study based on global climate change models that informed the fifth assessment report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
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Long before climate change became a buzz word, the Asia-Pacific region had gained a reputation as a natural disaster hotspot. Over the past 45 years, the region accounted for 57…
[LHASA] Tibet’s expanding glacial lakes threaten downstream communities in Nepal, reports Jane Qiu for SciDev.Net. Geologists gathered in Beijing for the 33rd International Geographical Congress, held in August, reported that…
[COLOMBO] A year after Sri Lanka launched a mangrove conservation plan with funds from a U.S. conservation group about half of its 37,000 hectares of mangrove forests are in a…
Food shortages brought on by extreme weather events have resulted in almost a quarter of Sri Lanka’s 21 million people becoming malnourished, says a World Food Programme (WFP) document, reports…
ICTs can help disaster response, so long as they are fully integrated into overall systems, says Nalaka Gunawardene, writes Nalaka Gunawardene for SciDevNet. When hazards turn into disasters, they challenge…
An initiative has been formed to help African and Asian societies understand climate change-related impacts such as extreme weather events and prepare for future ones, reports Isaac Odhiambo for SciDev.Net. The…
Floods and drought are often two sides of the same coin. In certain places, they damage soil, water systems and ecosystems in repeating cycles that exacerbate each other’s impact. South…
A new Community-Based Flood Early Warning system will allow communities in Nepal and India to access almost real-time information about water levels upstream, reports Giovanni Ortolani for SciDev.Net. Communities in…
Just weeks after two dams collapsed in Brazil, releasing a flood of toxic mining waste, a crowdfunding campaign to pay for an independent environmental report into the disaster’s impact has…
An expert panel says the UN should set up a high-level expert body akin to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to help modernise its response to water and…
The rural economy takes a huge hit from frequent floods that can be better managed, says Ibrar ul Hassan Akhtar, writing for SciDev.Net. The history of disasters in South Asia…
The European Union (EU) has teamed up with African governments to fund local climate research centres and help the continent prepare for natural disasters, reports Inga Vesper for SciDevNet. Funding…
Regional cooperation could protect against floods and landslides. Climate models could be developed to predict the risk of river floods. Joint monitoring should focus more on slow-onset disasters. By Mike…
An African flood forecasting system could help mitigate suffering from catastrophic floods, writes Linda Nordling. Last month heavy rains caused rivers in Malawi and Mozambique to burst their banks, inundating…