After the floods of 2025, can we keep 2026 above water?

Flooding has become the world’s ‘foremost climate hazard’, according to experts. So what do we do about it?

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Devastating floods ravaged multiple regions of the world in 2025, from Southeast Asia to North America and the Middle East.

We asked climate experts what is causing the devastation and what governments should be doing to prevent the situation from becoming even worse in the coming year.

After the floods of 2025, can we keep 2026 above water?

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