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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.
Impacts of two tropical cyclones, cyclone Nisarga in Maharashtra & Gujarat & cyclone Amphan in West Bengal & Odisha, have reinforced the urgency of climate adaptation.
Climate change cited as the main reason for the proliferation of locusts that are now ranging from the horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula to the Indian subcontinent.
The trail of destruction left by Cyclone Amphan in eastern India has once again highlighted inadequacies in dealing with climate disasters that displace millions of people every year.
Ahmedabad-based NGO helps houses in slums bring down temperatures, and trains women to become Climate Saathis (partners).
More internal displacements are being caused by extreme weather events than conflict or violence, accounting for 61% of new displacements at the end of 2018.
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