Asia

Reducing vulnerability and improved land management needed with increasing heavy rainfall in Mindanao Island, southern Philippines

From the 28th of January, the Mindanao Island which is among the most populous regions in the Philippines was hit by heavy rainfall caused by a trough of a low pressure area associated with the Northeast Monsoon causing widespread flooding in various regions along with other-related impacts including, landslides, damage to infrastructure and agricultural land and power outages, before finally dissipating on the 3rd of February.

Human-induced climate change compounded by socio-economic water stressors increased severity of drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran

A photo of a man in Iraq, wearing traditional clothing, standing next to a dog and in front of a dried up river.

From boreal winter 2020 onwards, a large region in West Asia, encompassing the Fertile Crescent around the rivers Euphrates and Tigris as well as Iran has suffered from exceptionally low rains and elevated temperatures. The resulting 3-year drought has led to severe impacts on agriculture and access to potable water.

Extreme heat in North America, Europe and China in July 2023 made much more likely by climate change

A Greek firefighter receives care from a Red Cross worker. The firefighter is sweating and grimacing and the Red Cross worker places her hands on his face.

Following a record hot June, large areas of the US and Mexico, Southern Europe and China experienced extreme heat in July 2023, breaking many local high temperature records.

Extreme humid heat in South Asia in April 2023, largely driven by climate change, detrimental to vulnerable and disadvantaged communities

Two men walk past each other in India. One man wears a pants and shirts and holds an umbrella and the other man wears orange robes.

For the last two weeks of April 2023, many parts of Bangladesh, India, Thailand and Lao PDR experienced record high temperatures.

Climate change likely increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan

From mid-June until the end of August 2022, large parts of Pakistan experienced record-breaking monsoonal rainfall, leading to large parts of the country being flooded.

Reducing vulnerability and improved land management needed with increasing heavy rainfall in Mindanao Island, southern Philippines

Human-induced climate change compounded by socio-economic water stressors increased severity of drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran

Extreme heat in North America, Europe and China in July 2023 made much more likely by climate change

Extreme humid heat in South Asia in April 2023, largely driven by climate change, detrimental to vulnerable and disadvantaged communities

Climate change likely increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan

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