Mongabay

Climate change is disproportionately affecting developing countries such as India, where the rural sector remains highly vulnerable due to inadequate climate infrastructure and limited adaptive capacity.

This publication discusses how community-based rain monitoring in India enhances disaster preparedness by enabling local collection and use of rainfall data to improve early warning systems and community resilience to extreme weather and flooding.

Following the significant loss of lives and homes in the recent disaster in Sri Lanka , the NBRO is introducing specific types of housing models suitable for flat and sloped terrains.

In the wake of the deadly floods and landslides that struck Indonesia in late 2025, the nation’s environment ministry has sued six companies, seeking 4.8 trillion rupiah ($284 million) in environmental damages linked to the disasters.

Earlier this year, a spate of deaths in Florida caused by a flesh-eating bacteria, made headlines. Infections of this kind are on the rise as ocean temperatures surge higher and marine heat waves increase in frequency and intensity due to climate change.

Sea level rise, local subsidence, canal siltation, ill-planned reclamation, and overstressed drainage systems together lengthen high tides, allowing slack water to linger for hours. Experts call it high-tide flooding or tidal flooding.

Early investments in resilience and social programmes could cover the costs of damage for a fraction of what they cost today, a study says.

Scientists predict that locust outbreaks will worsen with climate change, and they suggest a way forward by integrating local communities' knowledge.