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NEPAL CLIMATE CRISIS
Nepal’s request for flood payout tests new climate-aid systemNepal seeks climate compensation for flood damages from a new UN fund. The nation faces immense costs for recovery and rebuilding after rec...- Global warming: From Nepal to Assam to Kerala, nature’s fury is colliding with unchecked developmentThe Himalayan region is facing increasingly frequent and unpredictable extreme weather, with glacier collapses, flash floods and landslides...
- The Himalayas look unchanged from below, but something is happening high in the mountains — Nepal’s disaster offers a frightening clueA recent disaster in Nepal highlights growing instability in the warming Himalayas. Massive rock and ice collapses unleash destructive floo...
- India says developed countries "must take lead in reducing emissions," affirms solidarity with Nepal"Developed countries who historically are responsible for the emissions and have contributed overwhelmingly to the civil crisis, must take ...
- Nepal has not asked for any compensation from India, says Nepal Foreign MinisterNepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal clarified that Kathmandu has not sought climate compensation from India or other countries following d...
- Tragedy to business: Economy blooms in flood-hit Nepal, but locals are left in the mudDevastating flash floods have created a booming disaster economy in Nepal. International journalists and aid workers have overwhelmed local...
- Nepal-Tibet flood death toll rises to 1,252 as PM Balendra Shah flags climate change linkThe death toll from devastating Nepal-Tibet flash floods has surged to 1,243. Rescuers are searching for trapped individuals in tunnels and...
- Nepal PM thanks India for flood rescue help after minister seeks compensation, as reconstruction estimates reach billions of dollarNepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah has thanked India and China for their assistance after flash floods killed 1,127 people and left nearl...
- Nepal seeks climate compensation from India, China and US after deadly floods leave 4,000 missingNepal seeks climate compensation from world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. Deadly floods killed over a thousand people and left ma...
- Nepal's young PM Balendra Shah faces first major test as deadly floods expose government’s limitsNepal's prime minister faces his first major test after a glacial collapse disaster. This catastrophe killed over one thousand people and l...
- Does the Nepal glacier collapse signal a new climate risk?Does the devastating flooding unleashed by the collapse of a section of glacier in the Nepalese Himalayas signal a new kind of risk in a wo...
- Before Nepal floods, Himalayan glacier reports had warned of rising risksHimalayan glaciers are melting at an accelerating pace, doubling ice loss rates since 2000. These glaciers provide water for nearly two bil...
- Multi-trillion-dollar climate financing gap in crucial Hindu Kush Himalayas: ReportThe Hindu Kush Himalaya region needs a massive USD 12 trillion for climate action by 2050. Current funding falls far short of this ambitiou...
- India contributing to climate action with the urgency it demands: Bhupender YadavUnion Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav emphasized India's dedication to climate action, despite its minimal contribution to the crisis,...
- Cheap Nepal tea imports deepen crisis for Darjeeling industrySandeep Mukherjee, principal adviser of Darjeeling Tea Association said “Of the 87 tea estates in Darjeeling, 7 are permanently closed. Man...
- US to work with partners in South Asia to address climate crisis: Top diplomatThe US government's Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Elizabeth Horst said this during the fi...
- Is the future dark for kids? Children face 7 times more climate extremes than their grandparentsThere has been a significant rise in heatwaves, floods, droughts and crop failures.
- Children in India, 3 other S Asian nations at extremely high risk of climate crisis impacts: UNICEFPakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and India are among four South Asian countries where children are at extremely high risk of the impacts o...
- Over 4.5 crore people in India will be forced to migrate from homes by 2050 due to climate disastersThe report 'Costs of climate inaction: displacement and distress migration' assessed climate-fuelled displacement and migration across five...
- Nepal PM quits amid pressure from MaoistsNepal's beleaguered PM finally announced his resignation.
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