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COP27 Round-up

COP27 Round-up By Tom Caley, ADN Writer Last weekend the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP27, overran by two days as delegates struggled for agreement. To follow up our previous post…

The Young and the Displaced: Why Loss and Damage Demands Action

By Arkoneil Ghosh & Anushka Konar For many children, climate change is not just future concern. It already shapes where they live, whether they can attend school and how secure their everyday lives feel. UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026…

Protecting Small Businesses from Extreme Heat: A Priority for COP31

By Vishal Pathak As COP31 approaches in Antalya, Türkiye, extreme heat deserves greater attention in climate adaptation, loss and damage, and financing discussions (UNFCCC, 2026). Unlike floods, heat often leaves little visible damage, yet its impacts are profound, affecting health,…

The Warning Has Been Issued. Why Can’t Everyone Evacuate?

By Yiyue Wu A flood is approaching, and authorities have issued an evacuation warning. Residents have received alerts on their phones and know where the nearest shelters are. Yet some people remain in areas at risk. Why doesn’t a warning…

Launch of ADN Taiwan Chapter at National Chi Nan University

By Master Arkoneil Ghosh and Professor Nibedita Ray-Bennett The ADN Taiwan Chapter was launched on 12 and 13 March, led by Professor Jie-Ru Chen and Dr. Yi-Tzu Lin at National Chi Nan University in Puli, Nantou County, Taiwan. The launch…

‘Vanishing Acts’: Missing women and girls as an invisible crisis in post-disaster landscapes

By Dr. Aditya Ghosh and Prof. Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett Between 2020 and 2021, the Indian Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem, was struck by a double disaster: the COVID-19 lockdown and two devastating cyclones, Amphan and Yaas. While mortality from…

Extreme Heat Deaths Must Be Avoided

By Mr. Mihir R. Bhatt March 12, the International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths (IAD4AD), challenges us to confront a painful reality: many deaths we accept as “normal” consequences of heat are neither sudden nor inevitable. Extreme heat is one…

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