Floods leave Assamese children easy prey for human traffickers

Repeated floods have destroyed the houses and livelihood of the indigenous population in Assam, leaving them increasingly at risk to being exploited, including ...

Climate change unravels the golden thread of Assam

Extreme weather events are destroying the silkworms that produce Assam’s famous golden silk.

World 1.2 degrees hotter than pre-industrial times

The planet is already at a place where it will be very difficult to meet the aspirational goal of the Paris climate agreement

InsuResilience to provide insurance for more vulnerable people by 2020

InsuResilience Global Partnership for Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance Solutions, an international initiative aimed at providing insurance to ...

80% of Disasters in Indonesia Due to Climate Change

The last three decades, disasters that happened in Indonesia linked to climate change.

Cyclone, rain kills hundreds in South Asia

Rainfall triggered by Cyclone Komen has flooded large parts of eastern India, Bangladesh and Myanmar; landslides caused by heavy rain have killed dozens in ...

Nigeria to implement global agenda on disaster reduction

Nigeria has set in motion processes to implement the newly adopted global framework to curb the risk of natural disasters.

India to monitor all large Himalayan glaciers

India has launched an ambitious project to monitor all Himalayan glaciers above 10 sq km to calculate future water availability and plan for the safety of ...

Tianjin blasts shine unwelcome light on China's chemicals industry

Huge explosion at Tianjin port renews scrutiny of how hazardous materials are stored in China’s cities.

Glacier floods a growing threat across the third pole

Melting glaciers and warmer temperatures have expanded glacier lakes across the region, increasing the risks of catastrophic floods downstream.