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    extreme weather Insights
    Water
    Insights
    January 18, 2022

    To Tackle Water Risk, Agribusinesses Need to Look to Their Supply Chains

    • water risk
    • agriculture
    • Aqueduct
    Crop irrigation in an agricultural field
    • water risk
    • agriculture
    • Aqueduct
    Water
    Asia
    Insights
    August 26, 2021

    How Water Challenges Threaten India’s Energy Security

    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    Power plant in dry land
    • water risk
    • renewable energy
    • power plants
    • drought
    • floods
    • Aqueduct
    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
    Water
    Insights
    October 19, 2020

    Triple Threat: Water, Energy and Food Insecurity

    • Water
    • Aqueduct
    triple-threat-water-energy-and-food-insecurity
    • Water
    • Aqueduct
    Equity
    Asia
    Insights
    September 15, 2020

    6 Keys to Turn Coastal Resilience Plans into Action

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • biking
    • extreme weather
    • climate change
    • Ocean
    A man wheels a megaphone mounted on bicycle along a neighborhood path in Bangladesh.
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • biking
    • extreme weather
    • climate change
    • Ocean
    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
    Equity
    Asia
    Insights
    May 29, 2020

    South Asia Confronts a Double Disaster: Cyclone and COVID-19

    • coronavirus
    • extreme weather
    Boats in Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • coronavirus
    • extreme weather
    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
    Water
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    Domestic Water Use Grew 600% Over the Past 50 Years

    • Aqueduct
    • Water
    water sprinkler on lawn
    • Aqueduct
    • Water
    Climate
    Oceania
    Insights
    January 10, 2020

    4 Things to Know About Australia’s Wildfires and Their Impacts on Forests

    • Forests
    • fires
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Australia fires
    • Forests
    • fires
    • drought
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Equity
    Asia
    Insights
    January 6, 2020

    Faced with Forced Relocation, the People of One Philippine City Designed Their Own Climate-resilient Neighborhood

    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Pasig City
    • Climate Resilience
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Climate
    Insights
    December 20, 2019

    6 Ways the Climate Changed Over the Past Decade

    • climate science
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Iceberg with hole
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • extreme weather
    • sea level rise
    Water
    Insights
    November 25, 2019

    Water Could Limit Our Ability to Feed the World. These 9 Graphics Explain Why

    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Water
    • water risk
    Conventional sprinkler irrigation
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Water
    • water risk
    Insights
    November 11, 2019

    PODCAST: Solutions to the Global Water Crisis

    • Aqueduct
    • podcasts
    • Water
    A man at work in a rice paddy in Goa, India. Photo by Marc Roberts/Flickr
    • Aqueduct
    • podcasts
    • Water
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 21, 2019

    Strengthening Disaster Preparedness in the Caribbean

    • Climate Resilience
    • extreme weather
    Damage in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian. The Caribbean needs international support to prepare for disasters ahead of time. Photo by All Hands and Hearts.
    • Climate Resilience
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    October 7, 2019

    Climate Change Is Hurting Africa’s Water Sector, but Investing in Water Can Pay Off

    • Climate Resilience
    • Water
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Improving water management in African countries can improve climate resilience. Here, Waretu Abera, Head of Ethiopia's Water Land Resource Centre, stands by a stream. Photo by Panos Pictures/Food and Land Use Coalition.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water
    • Aqueduct
    • The $26 Trillion Opportunity
    • Water Security
    • natural infrastructure
    • water risk
    Climate
    Insights
    September 18, 2019

    How Governments Can Make the Most of Insurance for Disasters like Hurricane Dorian

    • extreme weather
    • Climate
    Satellite view of Hurricane Dorian
    • extreme weather
    • Climate
    Equity
    Insights
    September 4, 2019

    Climate Disasters Are Getting Worse. Here's How Developing Countries Are Insuring Against Them

    • Finance
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • extreme weather
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate finance
    • hurricanes
    A child sits on water jugs provided after Cyclone Idai.
    • Finance
    • Climate
    • adaptation finance
    • Climate Resilience
    • extreme weather
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • climate finance
    • hurricanes
    Climate
    Europe
    Insights
    August 22, 2019

    From Climate Researcher to Climate Spectator: Witnessing a Melting Arctic

    • Climate
    • climate science
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    The Arctic
    • Climate
    • climate science
    • biodiversity
    • climate change
    • extreme weather
    Climate
    Insights
    August 19, 2019

    This Month in Climate Science, July 2019: Raccoon Explosions, Climate-friendly Elephants and More 100-Degree Days

    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts
    Elephants
    • this month in climate science
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • emissions
    • extreme weather
    • climate impacts

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