Pakistan's newly launched climate change policy has an international approach but leaves implementation to provincial governments.

A knowledge-exchange programme has helped to protect African people from extreme weather and increase harvests, an initiative has found

Computer simulations predict severe water shortages in south India’s Godavari basin, which call for conservation practices.

A new survey establishes the extent of the glaciated area in the Himalayas and forms a baseline for further study.

Pakistan is considering several water management techniques to head off a water crisis caused by wastage and warming.

A method to manage glacial lake outburst floods depends on accurately assessing risks to communities downstream.

Pakistan's newly announced climate change strategy will tackle adverse impacts of events like the recent devastating floods.

Argentina has launched a law that bans mining activities in glacier zones.

Water security technologies have caused environmental damage in the West; now scientists urge poor countries not to follow suit.

The devastating floods that have submerged one-fifth of Pakistan's landmass may be due to the effects of climate change, says the UN.

A study shows the main impacts and challenges that Chilean agriculture will face due to a temperature increase of up to 3°C by the end of this century.

Climate change could dry up the Brahmaputra and Indus river basins but improve life around the Yellow River, a computer model has found.

Carbon dioxide contributes to global warming not only as a greenhouse gas but also by its effect on plant transpiration.

A plan for the next decade's research on the African monsoon aims to address climate change and the needs of local people.

Glaciers that provide water to Mexico and Andean countries will disappear in the next 15 years because of climate change, studies indicate.

Water shortages are severe in the Middle East but farmers are set to benefit from a programme designed to make every drop count.

The discovery of how spiders' webs catch dew could lead to improved ways of harvesting water from the air.

Serious gaps in scientists' knowledge of glaciers have been exposed as claims they will be gone by 2035 are revealed as unfounded.

Indian scientists have found further evidence of the country's weakening summer monsoon and say it is linked to global warming.