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Climate-induced migration a growing humanitarian threat – report
But planned and managed migration will also be a key way of coping with coming climate pressures, expert say
Tropical storm Lua is forecast to strike Australia at about 10:00 GMT on 16 March.
Source: Content partner // Tropical Storm Risk Tropical storm Lua is forecast to strike Australia at about 10:00 GMT on 16 March.Data supplied by theUS Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centersuggest that the point of landfallwill benear19.5 S,118.3 E.Lua is expected to bring 1-minute maximum sustained ...
Land ownership boosts climate resilience in India
Ties to land are curbing migration and improving access to everything from loans to compensation for crop losses
Tropical storm Irina is forecast to strike Mozambique at about 00:00 GMT on 7 March.
Source: Content partner // Tropical Storm Risk Tropical storm Irina is forecast to strike Mozambique at about 00:00 GMT on 7 March.Data supplied by theUS Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centersuggest that the point of landfallwill benear25.5 S,34.3 E.Irina is expected to bring 1-minute maximum sustained ...
Tropical storm Irina is forecast to strike South Africa at about 12:00 GMT on 4 March.
Source: Content partner // Tropical Storm Risk Tropical storm Irina is forecast to strike South Africa at about 12:00 GMT on 4 March.Data supplied by theUS Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centersuggest that the point of landfallwill benear27.7 S,33.6 E.Irina is expected to bring 1-minute maximum ...
Tropical storm Irina is forecast to strike Madagascar as a tropical cyclone at about 12:00 GMT on 1 March.
Tropical storm Irina is forecast to strike Mozambique as a tropical cyclone at about 12:00 GMT on 3 March.
Source: Content partner // Tropical Storm Risk Tropical storm Irina is forecast to strike Mozambique as a tropical cyclone at about 12:00 GMT on 3 March.Data supplied by theUS Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centersuggest that the point of landfallwill benear23.3 S,36.0 E.Irina is expected to ...
Climate risk enters the curriculum in Salvadoran schools
After years of devastating extreme weather, El Salvador moves to help students, farmers and those most at risk prepare to face future threats
AFGHANISTAN: Ill-prepared for cold snap
At least 150 people in Afghanistan have died in the past month after some of the coldest weather for years. The deaths - mainly of those without adequate food, housing or heating in Kabul and the northern province of Badakhshan - have prompted some to ask how this can happen ...
Thousands of Cambodian flood survivors “drowning in debt” –aid groups
Last year's floods in Cambodia affected more than 10 percent of the country's population
Encroaching deserts threaten life along Tibet’s longest river
Changing rainfall patterns and rising temperatures, as well as overgrazing, are driving desertification near the Yarlung Zanbgo
Drought-hit Cameroon counts the cost of reduced trade
Ministers link falling harvests, growing food imports and declining government income to climate change
Pakistan floods crisis ‘far from over’ – aid groups
An estimated 43 percent of affected people in two provinces are severely short of food, and malnutrition is on the rise, a report says
Philippines: Families look to future after horrors of Sendong
The people affected by Typhoon Sendong have been through an awful lot, but they're ready to move on now.
Women engineers promote low-carbon cooking across Mali
Solar and heat-retention cooking devices are cutting deforestation, emissions and women’s drudgery
Tropical storm Giovanna is forecast to strike Madagascar as an intense tropical cyclone at about 00:00 GMT on 14 February.
Source: Content partner // Tropical Storm Risk Tropical storm Giovanna is forecast to strike Madagascar as an intense tropical cyclone at about 00:00 GMT on 14 February.Data supplied by theUS Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centersuggest that the point of landfallwill benear17.8 S,49.6 E.Giovanna is expected ...
Traditional weather prediction incorporated into Kenyan forecasts
The Met office works with western Kenya’s rainmakers to produce more accurate, locally acceptable predictions in the face of climate change
Village management turns around Nepal’s forests
Local control has improved woodlands, cut carbon emissions and created economic benefits
Fishermen’s tragedy exposes Sri Lanka’s early-warning gaps
Systems and know-how to warn about extreme weather are still spotty, experts say
Tropical storm Jasmine is forecast to strike Vanuatu as a tropical cyclone at about 08:00 GMT on 8 February.
Source: Content partner // Tropical Storm Risk Tropical storm Jasmine is forecast to strike Vanuatu as a tropical cyclone at about 08:00 GMT on 8 February.Data supplied by theUS Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfallwill benear19.7 S,168.5 E.Jasmine is expected ...
Kenyan drought puts traditional weather forecasters on the defensive
But new ways of predicting erratic weather are in the plans for Kenya’s arid north
Argentina tries to combat a drier future
Government works to coordinate climate response efforts as farmers suffer
Salty soils drive Tanzanian farmers into forest reserve
Region faces growing conflict as forest preservation efforts clash with need to produce food
Fiji floods force thousands from their homes -IFRC
Some 3,000 people have been forced to leave their homes due to flooding and landslides
Zimbabwe farmers turn back to tradition as rainfall changes
But experts warn traditional knowledge alone will not be enough to cope with changing conditions
Tropical storm Iggy is forecast to strike Australia as a tropical cyclone at about 18:00 GMT on 30 January.
Source: Content partner // Tropical Storm Risk Tropical storm Iggy is forecast to strike Australia as a tropical cyclone at about 18:00 GMT on 30 January.Data supplied by theUS Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Centersuggest that the point of landfallwill benear21.8 S,113.3 E.Iggy is expected to ...
As the climate dries, Mexico’s milk region faces arsenic threat
Lack of rainfall and overexploitation of aquifers are leading to rising health problems
ACT Alliance Alert: Flooding in Mozambique and Malawi
ACT members in Mozambique plan immediate distribution of shelter materials, blankets, kitchen kits, mosquito nets, health & sanitation items. ACT members in Malawi are planning to commission a rapid assessment, then depending on the situation, a Rapid ...
Somalia food crisis recovery will take two years – ICRC
Needs remain huge despite improvements in malnutrition rates
Solar pump project aims to ease Kenyan water shortages
New solar-driven wells should also cut fuel costs and carbon emissions, and improve health in arid areas
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