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floods
Water
Asia
Insights
August 26, 2021

How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

  • water risk
  • renewable energy
  • power plants
  • drought
  • floods
Power plant in dry land
  • water risk
  • renewable energy
  • power plants
  • drought
  • floods
Climate
Insights
August 3, 2021

Will Recent Extreme Weather Spur More Climate Finance from Wealthy Nations?

  • Finance
  • extreme weather
  • floods
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • COP26
Train crossing road with high flooding
  • Finance
  • extreme weather
  • floods
  • climate change
  • climate finance
  • COP26
Equity
Latin America
Insights
April 26, 2021

Las comunidades del Gran Chaco Americano se están organizando para resistir el cambio climático

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • floods
  • climate impacts
A woman holding a tablet to take photos of an outdoor region.
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • floods
  • climate impacts
Equity
Latin America
Insights
April 26, 2021

Communities in South America's Gran Chaco Are Organizing to Withstand Climate Change

  • Climate
  • floods
  • climate impacts
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
A woman holding a tablet to take photos of an outdoor region.
  • Climate
  • floods
  • climate impacts
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
Equity
Insights
July 21, 2020

Why Disaster Preparedness Cannot Wait

  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Commentary
  • floods
  • climate impacts
Monsoons in Chennai
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • Commentary
  • floods
  • climate impacts
Water
North America
Insights
July 6, 2020

Nature-Based Flood Mitigation Can Help Mississippi River Farmers

  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • Water
  • water risk
Flooding in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • Water
  • water risk
Water
Data
April 23, 2020

Aqueduct Floods Hazard Maps

  • Aqueduct
  • Water
  • floods
  • Aqueduct
  • Water
  • floods
Water
News
April 23, 2020

RELEASE: New Data Shows Millions of People, Trillions in Property at Risk from Flooding — But Infrastructure Investments Now Can Significantly Lower Flood Risk

  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • Climate Resilience
  • Water
  • water risk
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • Climate Resilience
  • Water
  • water risk
Water
Research
April 23, 2020

Aqueduct Floods Methodology

Water
Insights
April 23, 2020

The Number of People Affected by Floods Will Double Between 2010 and 2030

  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • Water
Flooded street in Thailand
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • Water
Equity
Insights
October 9, 2019

In Gorakhpur, India, Citizens Use Nature to Prevent Floods

  • Cities
  • floods
  • Climate Resilience
Waterlogged housing in Gorakhpur, India
  • Cities
  • floods
  • Climate Resilience
Climate
Asia
Insights
June 25, 2019

How Does a Flood-prone City Run Out of Water? Inside Chennai’s “Day Zero” Crisis

  • Water
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • Water Security
  • Urban Development
  • water risk
Chennai
  • Water
  • Cities
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • Water Security
  • Urban Development
  • water risk
Equity
Asia Latin America
Insights
September 5, 2017

Keeping Heads Above Water: Lessons for Building Resilience After Flooding in South Asia and Texas

  • floods
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • sea level rise
  • water pollution
Escapees from hurricane flooding.
  • floods
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • sea level rise
  • water pollution
Asia
Asia
Insights
October 28, 2016

Reflections on Leonardo DiCaprio’s New Climate Change Film, Before the Flood

  • Climate
  • floods
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Indonesia
  • illegal logging
  • commodities
Young orangutan
  • Climate
  • floods
  • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
  • deforestation
  • Business
  • climate change
  • Indonesia
  • illegal logging
  • commodities
Water
Outcomes
December 8, 2015

More Global Organizations and Investment Firms Use Aqueduct to Manage Water Risk

  • Aqueduct
  • Water
  • water risk
  • floods
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Flooded street in Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Aqueduct
  • Water
  • water risk
  • floods
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Equity
Asia
Insights
December 4, 2015

Learning from Disaster: Chennai Flood Offers a Personal Lesson for Climate Adaptation

  • International Climate Action
  • floods
  • COP21
  • climate policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • Paris Agreement
Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/13774211@N00/56586703/">Pandiyan</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>
  • International Climate Action
  • floods
  • COP21
  • climate policy
  • Climate Resilience
  • Paris Agreement
Climate
Insights
October 28, 2015

US Local Elected Officials to Government Leaders: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Are Not Partisan Issues

  • floods
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
Flooding in Hoboken, New Jersey. Photo by David Pfeffer/Flickr
  • floods
  • climate change
  • climate impacts
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
Climate
North America
News
October 24, 2015

RELEASE: Bipartisan Lawmakers Call on Presidential Candidates to Address Coastal Flooding and Sea Level Rise

  • U.S. Climate
  • floods
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
  • U.S. Climate
  • floods
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • sea level rise
  • U.S. policy
Water
Data
March 5, 2015

Aqueduct Global Flood Risk Maps

  • Water
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • Water
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
Water
Data
March 5, 2015

Aqueduct Global Flood Risk Country Rankings

  • Water
  • Aqueduct
  • floods
  • Water
  • Aqueduct
  • floods

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