Posts by Manish Shrestha

Communities along the Nepal-India border share family, cultural, and economic ties. For generations, people upstream have called relatives downstream when rivers rose, creating an informal early warning network. This informal mechanism works until it does not. This article discusses ICIMOD and OPRI-SPF work to establish a long-term early warning system through the G2O project.

From fishermen risking their lives at sea, to farmers fearing the loss of their land and homes, to entire villages grappling with the long-term economic and psychological toll of recurring disasters – cyclones continue to reshape the daily realities of communities in Bangladesh.

With climate change accelerating, disasters are no longer isolated events across the globe. In the […]