Global Risks

Explore how climate change creates risks that affect communities, economies, and ecosystems around the world.

This category highlights big-picture challenges that connect local impacts to global consequences.

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Coastal Crisis Ahead: Higher Warming Means Higher Costs and Inequities
New research published in Nature; Natural Hazards reveals that future coastal damages and adaptation costs will rise sharply as...
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Africa
Malawi
The Cascading Impacts of Climate Change on Health, Agriculture, and Livelihoods in Malawi
In Malawi, the 2023/24 rainfall season, influenced by El Niño, was marked by a late onset and prolonged dry...
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Asia
Indonesia
Climate Pressure on Indonesia: Heat, Disease, and Disaster
Indonesia’s Climate Wake-Up Call: Record Heat, Rising Disease, and a Struggling Economy In October 2024, Indonesia recorded its highest...
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Asia
Indonesia
Climate Pressure on Indonesia: Heat, Disease, and Disaster
Indonesia is extremely vulnerable to climate impacts, showing climate injustice in real time. Action is needed to address these...
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Africa
Malawi
Malawi: On the Frontline of the Climate Crisis
Learn how climate change is affecting everyday life in Malawi—and what could happen if action isn’t taken....
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Global
Climate Change Could Cut Global Incomes by 40% by 2100
New research has revealed that current economic models have dramatically underestimated the impacts of climate change on global wealth,...
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Africa
Ethiopia
Ethiopia and Climate Change: A Growing Vulnerability
Despite contributing little to global emissions, Ethiopia faces some of the world’s most severe climate impacts....
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Asia
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Faces a Heat-Driven Health Crisis
In 2025, Bangladesh’s climate crisis intensified, with dangerous heatwaves triggering severe health risks and compounding existing vulnerabilities....
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Africa
Ethiopia
Ethiopia in Crisis: Deadly Landslides and the Growing Climate Threat
Ethiopia is grappling with escalating climate challenges in 2024 and 2025, with extreme weather events and environmental hazards severely...
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Asia
Bangladesh
Bangladesh in 2024: A Year of Climate Extremes and Displacement
Severe Cyclonic Storm Remal continuing to approach the Ganges Delta region during the afternoon of 26 May 2024 |...
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Arabian Sea region
Asia
Climate Change is Intensifying Tropical Cyclones Over the Arabian Sea
A new study published in Weather and Climate Extremes (Pathaikara et al., 2025) underscores the alarming role of human-induced...
Africa
Africa’s Climate Emergency – All five sub regions to cross the 1.5 °C threshold by 2040
The rapid loss of polar ice is intensifying climate change and extreme weather events worldwide. New research conducted by...

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