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In the factory where Aysha Talukder Tanisa stitches jeans and children's clothes for Western brands, the cooling system has been no match for Bangladesh's longest heatwave in 70 years.

Communities across southern Germany have been forced to evacuate, and many have issued states of emergency as severe flooding hit the region this weekend.

The study examines if flood disasters in 23 of the world’s most flood-prone countries to assess whether catastrophic floods, those milestone events with the highest fatalities, have been followed by decreasing mortality in subsequent floods.

Each and every climate-related disaster poses a risk to people's lives, livelihoods, homes, safety and access to services. This risk is not gender-neutral.

This paper proposes an analytical framework to understand the mechanisms through which climate change affects labor markets and identifies policy options to address these challenges.

The researchers develop a synthetic multi-risk test case to explore the effects of these interactions on decision-making under deep uncertainty.

This study focuses on understanding these climate and environment-related risks in Lao PDR, its impact on the different sectors related to children and presents identified solutions or strategies.