A plan of action for rising heat
During a 2010 heat wave in the Gujarati city of Ahmedabad, maximum temperatures reached 46.8°...
- Building alliances
Stories
Community-building on the internet
As more people gain access to the internet, online platforms are becoming an increasingly importa...
- Monitoring progress
Multiple tactics to combat air pollution
Several years ago, a handful of Kathmandu neighbours decided that a first step toward reducing lo...
- Deciding on tactics
Working at multiple levels to raise awareness on youth and climate
When Cyclone Amphan hit Bangladesh in May 2020, one group of climate advocates was ready to help....
- Determining scope
Atauro Island dispatch: women fishers fight malnutrition and climate change
The tide pools of Atauro Island in Timor-Leste have become a focal point for national conversatio...
- Nutrition
Mental health and climate: opportunities for action
Farmer suicides in India may worsen as climate change brings hotter temperatures that damage crop...
- Mental health
Detecting dengue hotspots in Myanmar
While the risk of dengue is growing globally due to anticipated climate changes and increasing ur...
- Vector-borne diseases
Racing against climate change
The last decade’s experience with neglected tropical diseases in South-East Asia reads like...
- Vector-borne diseases
Reducing cyclone deaths
Worldwide, from 1980-2009, the number of cyclones and the size of the populations hit by them hav...
- Disasters
Meeting health-climate challenges in small island states
With the launch of its Climate-Resilient Small Islands initiative at the 2019 UN Climate Action S...
- Health infrastructure and supply chains
A roadmap for climate-resilient hospitals
Advocates seeking tested approaches to preparing hospitals and other health facilities for climat...
- Health infrastructure and supply chains
Strengthening health care systems for the challenges ahead
The Ministry of Health and the health care sector are teaming up in Thailand on a wide range of p...
- Health infrastructure and supply chains
Ensuring water planning integrates climate risks
Investments in climate-resilient water safety planning have never been more important.
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- Clean water access and waterborne diseases
When sweet water turns salty
Some 25 million people in coastal areas of South-east Asia may be at risk of high blood-pressure ...
- Clean water access and waterborne diseases
Heat takes a toll on children in the Maldives
According to climate projections, the atoll nation of Maldives – 80% of which lies below 1 ...
- Heat
After the smoke clears: long-term effects of wildfires on children
In recent decades, as wildfires on every continent claimed lives and devastated communities and e...
- Air pollution