The International Water Management Institute and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will bring about 60 experts together in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from September 8–10, 2026.
Why it matters: The meeting comes while authors are developing contributions to the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report, whose Working Group II assessment will include a dedicated chapter on water.
IWMI and the IPCC scheduled a co-sponsored expert meeting focused specifically on water and climate resilience.[5]
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The gathering coincides with active preparation of the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report across Working Groups I, II and III.[5]
Watch next
Watch for evidence priorities and policy pathways emerging from the September 8–10 meeting and their treatment in the AR7 Working Group II water chapter.[5]
The combined toll from the Nepal-Tibet flash flood has reached at least 750 dead, with more than 3,000 people missing; more than 3,700 people have been rescued in Nepal.
Why it matters: The disaster illustrates the cross-border risks surrounding a Himalayan glacier system that supplies critical water to nearly two billion people. It also highlights the need for better monitoring and…
The confirmed combined death toll rose to at least 750, while more than 3,000 people remained missing and rescue teams faced warnings about rising waters.[1]
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A glacial and bedrock collapse on Aug 26 sent rock, ice, mud and debris through Himalayan river systems; its precise trigger is still under investigation.[2][4][5]
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Track whether both debris-formed lakes fully drain, whether outflows remain manageable, and whether monitoring systems issue evacuation warnings to downstream rescue teams.[4]
Governments at UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar again failed to agree on either a binding or voluntary global drought framework after two years of negotiations.
Why it matters: The deadlock leaves no coordinated global mechanism to close an estimated $278 billion annual gap in land-restoration and drought-resilience investment, even though one in four people was affected by…
COP17 closed without agreement on a global drought framework, but drought gained permanent standalone status on the agenda for COP18 and later sessions.[3]
Why now
Negotiators remained divided over legal obligations, sovereignty, financing and whether a new framework would expand UNCCD bureaucracy and budgets.[3]
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Watch whether COP18 in Sharm El-Sheikh produces an agreed instrument for proactive drought management and whether binding, voluntary or alternative options remain bracketed.[3]
The monitored climate sources mainly surface general reference pages from NASA, NOAA, and the IPCC, with no specific new findings or policy updates included.
Why it matters: NASA’s climate-related material in this feed includes a Climate Change science page, the NASA+ home page, and search results for Climate Change. These items indicate where NASA organizes its climate…
NASA’s climate-related material in this feed includes a Climate Change science page, the NASA+ home page, and search results for Climate Change [1][2][3]. These items indicate where NASA organizes its climate content, but the claims do not provide any new scientific results or announcements [1][2][3].
NASA, NOAA, and the IPCC all continue to foreground climate change across their official sites and resources.
Why it matters: NASA’s climate-related pages remain prominently available, including a dedicated Climate Change page and search results tied to that topic. The inclusion of NASA+ alongside these climate references s…
NASA’s climate-related pages remain prominently available, including a dedicated Climate Change page and search results tied to that topic [1][3]. The inclusion of NASA+ alongside these climate references suggests climate content is being presented within the agency’s broader public-facing media ecosystem [2].
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