This report assesses 45 nature-based infrastructure projects in 29 countries, finding a median benefit-cost ratio of 3.21 and 38% IRR, and recommends reforms to planning, finance, and policy to elevate NBI alongside traditional infrastructure options.

Study analyzes global flood research from 1980–2025, finding surging output since 2000 but persistent mismatches between research attention and actual flood risk, especially in Africa and South America, driven by socioeconomic factors, not risk exposure.

Bangkok’s extreme flooding highlights how climate change, urbanization, land subsidence and intense rainfall are increasing flood risk, underscoring the need for resilient drainage, green infrastructure and stronger early warning systems.

The Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) experts have identified ten key trends influencing heat action, driving the focus and prioritizing action for the Network and its numerous global, regional and national partners.

Youth innovators in Bangladesh developed an AI-driven tool using a RAG framework to translate real-time weather forecasts into localized, Bangla-language, impact-based guidelines to support early action in coastal Bangladesh.

This study shows global evidence on climate change’s impact on the health and wellbeing of indigenous children, highlighting five interconnected outcomes, calling for culturally grounded, geographically diverse, and child-centred climate-health research.

El Niño conditions have been observed in the tropical Pacific since June 2026, with forecasts indicating further strengthening through the end of 2026 and into early 2027, potentially making it one of the most intense events in decades.

Wetlands restoration and wildfire prevention can drive down insurers’ costs and skyrocketing premiums, a new study shows.

An ILO assessment finds the August floods disrupted work for some 21,400 people living within four kilometres of the flood footprint, with damaged trade routes carrying the shock much farther.

Team at Utrecht University developed a method to classify groundwater systems based on their ability to recover from long drought to better determine how groundwater systems recover after a drought and which groundwater reserves are most vulnerable.

A satellite-based tool maps vegetation moisture across Australia, helping track bushfire risk in near real time. The data can support local monitoring, preparedness and prescribed burning decisions as conditions evolve.

El Niño can reshape weather thousands of miles away, bringing drought to some regions while increasing the risk of heavy rain and flooding in others. To understand why, you need to follow what happens to the Pacific’s warm water – and the air above it.

AI forecasting is quick and cheap, but errors can’t be tracked and explained, and more data and testing are needed

A decade after the idea took shape, Forest Resilience Bonds are helping partners finance and fund projects across the western U.S., reducing wildfire risk while enhancing the water supply and supporting local jobs.

Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio have developed a self-sustaining, artificial intelligence-powered flood warning system designed to spot dangerous water accumulation at the street level.

Antarctic radar observations improved Southern Hemisphere weather forecasts, reducing errors in atmospheric river predictions and enhancing estimates of winds, moisture transport and circulation in data-sparse regions.

Amid recurring landslides, a growing number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are being forced to adapt to increasingly limited camp space. Refugee management authorities warn that expansions of Rohingya camps will accelerate destruction of forests.

Climate scientists are calling the hotter temperatures resulting from El Niño a “postcard from the future.”

Peru built world-renowned defenses against glacial floods, before decentralisation and financial austerity caused them to crumble. After an era of impressive progress on preventative measures, hundreds of Peru’s glacial lakes are now at risk of bursting

Coastal flooding seems like an unpredictable event, a natural disaster that occurs randomly. But UCF researcher Ivan Haigh has found that recurrent coastal floods actually occur at highly predictable times.

As record-breaking global temperatures and extreme weather events spark intense debate over global warming speed-up, a new study led by UC Santa Cruz reveals how warming is accelerating differently across distinct regions.

Officially reported data by national governments through the Sendai Framework Monitor show significant progress in reducing disaster mortality, strengthening disaster risk reduction strategies and expanding multi-hazard early warning systems.

This playbook explores how coalitions of local government, businesses, investors, insurers and communities can manage physical risk to improve their resilience and insurability in the face of increasing extreme weather events.

Indigenous communities are confronting mounting climate threats even as inadequate funding, scant legal recognition, and little support for self-governance limit their ability to respond.

Heatwaves over land worldwide are beginning earlier, ending later, and occurring over longer seasons, while the first heatwave of the season has recently shifted toward faster onset, according to a new study published in Nature Climate Change.

The World Risk Report 2026 asks: why does the same storm turn into a disaster in one country while its consequences remain limited elsewhere?

This factsheet, produced by IFRC in July 2026, summarizes expected El Niño impacts across Asia Pacific through 2027 and the preparedness and response activity already underway across the region.

As Western United States grapples with severe drought, leading cities to scramble for water and farmers to abandon some crops, a new study has found that 122 major oil, gas, coal, and cement companies and state-owned operations are partially responsible.

1 in 3 Navajo need to haul-in water from another place due to the lack of proper infrastructure in the midst of a drought. Hope is on the horizon, as the local government and nonprofit organizations have invested in proper water supply projects.

The annual update is authored by more than 60 scientists and produced by the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

Pacific islands need expanded LiDAR mapping of land and seabeds to close critical coastal data gaps, improve sea level rise adaptation, and support better flood modelling, planning and protection of vulnerable communities.

Every year, billions are invested in helping communities adapt to climate change. But how do we know whether those investments actually make people and communities—particularly the most vulnerable—resilient to worsening climate risks?

Traditional transhumance and extensive grazing can reduce wildfire risk in southern Europe by removing dry vegetation, creating natural firebreaks and maintaining biodiversity, but declining pastoralism and weak incentives threaten the practice.

China’s AI-powered weather system deployed in Pakistan to support multi-hazard early warning and disaster risk reduction. Experts welcome its potential but stress that forecast accuracy depends on data quality, local validation and preparedness systems.

British Columbia’s droughts are becoming more severe and persistent. Researchers say the province must move beyond reactive water management and strengthen drought resilience through governance reform, water conservation and watershed planning.

After devastating floods at the Nepal-Tibet border, researchers urge recovery plans that prioritize livelihoods, local governance and Indigenous communities, while reducing future risk through equitable reconstruction, relocation and development planning.

As it faces the enormous task of rebuilding from a deadly flood that tore through communities in the Himalayas, Nepal is seeking compensation from the international Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage.

Study reveals a hidden problem: Temperature proxies used in many climate-impact studies can contain substantial measurement error, leading to misestimation of true impacts of temperature and, potentially understate climate impacts by at least 15%.

Evidence shows the seismic signal was caused not by an earthquake but by the rapid collapse of about 2 km² of rock and glacier ice. The mass fell roughly 1,400 m, releasing enormous energy and generating earthquake-like seismic waves.

This brief examines both the escalating human rights crisis and the binding international legal obligations that apply as climate-driven sea level rise intensifies.

The WMO State of Global Water Resources report is a comprehensive science-based annual assessment of the hydrological cycle and extreme events in 2025 and over the past five years.

The greatest disconnect of the academic approach is finance. High-level adaptation funds expect neat, multi-year bankable assets. But for a household in an informal settlement, the financial reality is to enable an annual refurbishment cycle.

United We Prepare®, a disaster preparedness initiative by United Way Worldwide, supported by Verizon, is helping to make preparedness easier, less costly, and more accessible. It provides tools and information, to prepare for disasters.

This report draws on a survey of 1,300 stakeholders assessing 28 global risks. Large-scale war, AI and frontier technologies gained prominence, while climate change inaction remained the most important global risk.

What happens if sea level rise, hurricane wind strength, or other factors turn out worse than expected? The author gives about a 90% chance that climate change will cause a net increase in Atlantic hurricane destruction over the coming 30 years.

Small, nimble cows are being deployed in Galicia to lower wildfire risk by doing what they do best: eating.

The issue with how America deals with wildfires is thinking there is one primary strategy to end the wildfire crisis. But effective wildfire strategy in worsening fire seasons demands a system of actions – interconnected pieces that reinforce one another.

The Nepal-Tibet floods highlight urgent gaps in monitoring Himalayan snow and glaciers. The article calls for improved observation, early warning systems, cross-border cooperation and community-led adaptation to reduce future flood and drought risks.

This landscape report examines how misinformation, disinformation and other forms of information pollution are affecting climate action and responses to climate-related disasters, and how different actors are responding.