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The Weather Channel argues that India faces the gravest challenge: Climate change-induced health vulnerability.

13 Feb 2024 GRAPE
Nepal Farmers Face Another Year of ‘Agricultural Drought’, Threatening Food Security

Najboon Khatun looks up at the sky every day, searching for the possibility of rain. Clouds come and go without ...

19 Aug 2019 RMS
Farmers in this Nepal district struggle to cope with crop raiding by wild animals

Almost all farmers in Aiddhungra, Budechaur and Bagargot villages have abandoned maize and millet farming due to increasing incursions by ...

6 Dec 2023 Izabella Koziell
World on verge of breaching 5 climate tipping points, scientists warn in new report released at COP28

Released at the International Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai, the 'Global Tipping Points' report is the most thorough assessment ever ...

20 Dec 2019 RMS
Symposium on promoting organic farming

Harsh climate, rough terrain, poor soils, and short growing seasons often lead to low agricultural productivity and food deficits in ...

The threat from melting glaciers

ON the steep slope of a glacier jutting through the Hunza valley in Pakistan’s mountainous far north, Tariq Jamil measures ...

4 Dec 2023 COP28
Report reveals ‘catastrophic loss’ to Himalayan glaciers ‘even at 2C’

With COP28 underway in Dubai, researchers say climate negotiations should pay more attention to mountain regions, particularly the Hindu Kush ...

11 Dec 2023 Video News
Video: South Asia’s glacial lakes at risk of flooding

Global warming is causing glacial lakes in mountainous regions of South Asia to flood suddenly--sometimes with fatal results.

11 Jan 2024 Livelihoods
Rising tides, ruined fields show how Bangladesh’s farmers grapple with climate change

Farmers and fishers in Bangladesh’s coastal belt report losses as climate-induced disasters and coastline changes threaten livelihoods