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Climate Disasters Increase as Disaster Preparedness Programs Face Cuts
The loss of SERVIR-HKH ends satellite-based monitoring and cross-border coordination for millions as glaciers melt 65% faster than a decade ago, researchers said.
- The Trump administration's foreign aid cuts eliminated the SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya program, weakening disaster monitoring capabilities for millions across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.
- Originally a joint initiative between the U.S. Agency for International Development , NASA, and the Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development , the effort provided critical geospatial analysis for flood risk reduction, water resources, and land cover.
- Mountain glaciers are losing mass 65% faster than a decade ago, endangering food and water security for nearly 2 billion people, yet only around 0.1% of the 40,000 glaciers receive sustained monitoring, according to a recent global consultancy report.
- Official development assistance from Development Assistance Committee members fell 23% in 2025, marking the largest annual contraction on record as donors like the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan and Canada announced massive reductions in funding.
- Richard Sherman, a board member of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, warned that current funding levels are insufficient. "We're not expecting developed countries to act as an ATM," said Sherman.
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CUTS in international aid are shutting down early warning systems, leaving millions of people unprotected amid increasingly frequent climate disasters.
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Climate disasters are growing. So are cuts to programs that prepare for them – WTOP News
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sitting on the floor of a makeshift shelter for survivors of Nepal’s deadly recent floods, Tenzin Dolma Ghale said she had nothing left but the clothes she was wearing. Her entire village and members of her family were washed away by the surge of water and debris that killed over 1,450...
·Chevy Chase, United States
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Climate disasters are growing. So are cuts to programs that prepare fo
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sitting on the floor of a makeshift shelter for survivors of Nepal’s deadly recent floods , Tenzin Dolma Ghale said she had nothing left but the clothes she was wearing. Her entire village
·Baltimore, United States
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