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Sri Lanka’s smallholder farmers rely on traditional methods as well as technology and modern knowledge to better manage climate risks.
Floods and cyclones contribute to maximum human deaths in India from extreme weather events (EWEs) but deaths due to heatwave and lightning need urgent attention, a new study has said.
These solutions are based on the National Exposure Database (NED), a platform that collates data to aid in policy making.
A new study predicts an increase in the frequency of flash droughts in India towards the end of this century.
There is an urgent need to gather baseline data to understand the hydrology, geology and climate change response of Himalayan glaciers.
Southeast Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, and would enjoy an outsized benefit from robust investments in nature-based solutions.
The development of oil palm and rubber plantations in a watershed area of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island is exacerbating flooding for nearby communities, new research suggests.
Landslides in Kerala have returned the focus to the geological sensitivity of the Western Ghats after the Pettimudi incident near Munnar.
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