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ACAPS report indicates that La Niña intensifies through early 2026, the world is bracing for a new wave of climate-driven disruptions that will compound existing humanitarian crises. Forecasts point to simultaneous extremes—severe drought across East Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia, and heavy rains, floods, and cyclones across Southern Africa, the Caribbean, and parts of the Pacific. These shocks do not occur in isolation; they intersect with conflict, displacement, food insecurity, and weakened health systems. Countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Mozambique, Haiti, the Philippines, Syria, and Colombia are flagged as facing the highest risk, where environmental stressors will amplify already fragile conditions.

The cascading impacts of La Niña—crop failures, disease outbreaks, disrupted livelihoods, and displacement—underscore the urgent need for anticipatory action and coordinated humanitarian response. In a year already marked by record-high global temperatures, this convergence of climate extremes and pre-existing crises is poised to push millions deeper into vulnerability. Now more than ever, proactive planning, flexible financing, and localized resilience efforts are essential to mitigate the worst humanitarian outcomes.

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On urban flooding 2020, this Pentagon video warns of the "unavoidable" dystopian future for the world's biggest cities.

"Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity,” a five-minute video that has been used at the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations University. All that stands between the coming chaos and the good people of Lagos and Dhaka (or maybe even New York City) is the U.S. Army, according to the video.

The video is nothing if not an instant dystopian classic: melancholy music, an ominous voiceover, and cascading images of sprawling slums and urban conflict. “Megacities are complex systems where people and structures are compressed together in ways that defy both our understanding of city planning and military doctrine,” says a disembodied voice. “These are the future breeding grounds, incubators, and launching pads for adversaries and hybrid threats.”

Video provided by The Intercept author Nick Turse, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the managing editor of TomDispatch.com.

MEGACITIES AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY PREPARING FOR A COMPLEX AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Chief of Staff of the Army, Strategic Studies Group
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MUST WATCH - Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity - A Pentagon Video According to a startling Pentagon video obtained by The Intercept, the future of global cities will be an amalgam of the settings of "Escape from New York" a...

Announcement of Partnership

PEDA International is pleased to announce a partnership with the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative. IPSI is a partnership made up of 258 member organizations dedicated to working together to realize societies in harmony with nature. This international effort promotes activities consistent with existing fundamental principles including the Ecosystem Approach. IPSI jointly initiated by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) and the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS).
PEDA International will work with the IPSI members in the realization of sustainable development by maintaining ecosystem and biodiversity. We believe and valued partnership with various organizations and initiatives and thank you all partners to continue support and guidance to continue work together.

More information on activities of IPSI is available at https://satoyama-initiative.org/

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En-Road Climate Simulation Workshop!!

First Interactive Session En-ROADS Climate Workshop.

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