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		<title>Born to Drown? Floods, climate extremes, and a call for action from Madhesh</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Lal Bakaiya River in Nepal’s Madhesh Province is no stranger to floods, as rising riverbeds, degraded Chure hills, and unplanned development turn monsoon rains into prolonged disasters. ICIMOD is strengthening local resilience through Community-Based Early Flood Warning Systems (CBFEWS) and innovative gamification of preparedness training, making life-saving knowledge accessible and engaging for all. Combined with integrated watershed management efforts, these initiatives aim to tackle the region’s ‘Too Much Too Little’ water crisis and break the cycle of recurring floods.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Building resilience: Tackling multi-hazard risks in the Hindu Kush Himalaya and beyond</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 05:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Marching towards multi-hazard risks in the Hindu Kush Himalaya</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 08:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With climate change accelerating, disasters are no longer isolated events across the globe. In the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Forest Fires in Nepal: The Unseen Threat of Droughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, and dry forests have doubled forest fire incidents in the past decade in Nepal with 2025 projected to be the worst year.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In southern Nepal, 13 municipalities unite to fund Community-Based Flood Early Warning System</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 03:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In May 2024, ICIMOD brokered a cooperative agreement between at-risk municipalities to setup a basket fund for an early warning system.]]></description>
		
		
		
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