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Want to help Nepal recover from its deadly floods? Here’s what tourists need to know

Almost one in seven jobs in Nepal rely on tourism. Travellers need to consider these things before planning a return to Nepal.

Even the Buddha experienced challenges with meditation: Historical texts reveal its potential downsides

While meditation has been shown to have health benefits, it may not always be the right practice for all people.

Earthshot and the science of positive tipping points: how environmental progress can become unstoppable

Change happens rapidly when we know where to look: these solutions could tip the world towards a better future.

It’s been one year since Australia assessed its national climate risk. But have we listened?

Over the past 12 months, the federal government has approved multiple fossil fuel projects and cut climate science funding.

Nepal floods: how measuring snow in the Himalayas could help avoid future disasters

Around half of the glacier ice in the Himalayas (equivalent to about two billion Olympic swimming pools) could melt by the end of this century.

How heat on the Tibetan Plateau fuels powerful storms in California, half a world away

A new study connects early winter heat high up on the plateau to the jet stream and, ultimately, storms headed for the US coast. The results could mean better forecasts.

Nonprofits spend too much time reporting to funders: a single universal template could help

A common reporting structure that combines financial and non-financial information reduces pressures on both donors and NPOs.

Fire and floods are usually treated as separate hazards. Portugal’s Pinhal Interior shows why they are part of the same cycle

As storms, wildfires, and floods strike in ever-closer succession, an architect with disaster risk science expertise explains why resilience is built between hazards, not during them.

Syria: journey through a country in ruins

Our team of researchers travelled through some of Syria’s devastated cities to find out how people are rebuilding their lives after the civil war.

Rebuilding in Nepal-Tibet will be challenging – communities in India are still recovering from 2023 glacial disaster

Cascading hazards and entrenched inequalities have led to false starts in reconstruction and ongoing suffering since the 2023 disaster in India’s eastern Himalayas.