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    Building Climate Resilience in Nepal’s Mountains and Plains

    One of the starkest examples is Imja Lake in Nepal’s Everest region. Until the 1960s, it was only a relatively small pool of meltwater high in the mountains.
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    Agriculture

    Pakistan Bolsters Climate Resilience with ADB Financing

    These signings follow recent ADB commitments totalling $730 million for power transmission and state-owned enterprise reforms, highlighting ongoing multilateral support amid Pakistan’s economic recovery efforts.
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    Aid

    South Asia’s Monsoon Deadliest Climate Disaster of 2025: Christian Aid

    The 2025 monsoon season arrived with unusual ferocity, delivering 8 per cent more rainfall than the long-term average across the Indian subcontinent.
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    Agriculture

    Sri Lanka Cyclone: More Than a Million Still Need Aid Weeks After Ditwah Floods

    As of mid-December, authorities reported 643 deaths and 183 people still missing. More than 107,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, making shelter one of the most urgent needs.
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    Afghanistan

    Iran Turns to Water Imports as Severe Drought and Mismanagement Fuel National Crisis

    For a nation of nearly 90 million people, the limits of traditional water management have been laid bare. Whether Iran’s new strategies can avert wider social and ecological breakdown remains a central question for policymakers, communities, and neighbouring countries alike.
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    Climate change

    India Pledges $450 Million Aid to Sri Lanka for Cyclone Ditwah Recovery Under Operation Sagar Bandhu

    As India’s financial and material aid begins to flow into rebuilding efforts across Sri Lanka, the focus has gradually shifted from emergency response to sustainable reconstruction and resilience building.
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    Climate change

    India Faces over $200 Billion a Year in Climate Adaptation Costs by 2050, McKinsey Report Warns

    Long-term climate risk, particularly heat exposure, also carries socio-economic consequences, threatening jobs, livelihoods and economic growth if unchecked.
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    Agriculture

    One-Fifth of Sri Lanka Submerged as Cyclone Ditwah Unleashes Historic Floods, UNDP Warns

    Nearly 20 per cent of the country’s land area was inundated during Cyclone Ditwah, causing widespread devastation across all provinces.
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    Nepal’s $50 Million Bid to Drain Four Glacial Lakes Falls Short, Scientists Warn

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