Nepal’s leader, at UN, says recent floods serve as a ‘warning to the world’ about climate change
Nepal says the disaster caused $5 billion in damage and left more than 1,400 people dead as it seeks support from wealthy nations and the UN fund.
- On Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Khanal told the AFP in New York that wealthy nations must pay for climate disasters devastating countries least responsible for the crisis.
- A glacial collapse along the Nepal-China border late last month triggered a tsunami-like flood that killed more than 1,400 people and left 6,000 missing, causing $5 billion in damages.
- The United States announced $31 million in flood recovery support, while Nepal requested $20 million from the United Nation's Loss and Damage fund; Britain also vowed help.
- Former USAID official Jeremy Konyndyk criticized President Donald Trump's administration for sweeping aid cuts to Nepal, including funding for flood prediction and glacier inventories.
- Minister Khanal emphasized that climate change is "not theoretical anymore," urging wealthy nations to fund recovery for countries like Nepal that contribute just 0.1% of global greenhouse gases.
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Nepal's leader, at UN, says recent floods serve as a 'warning to the world' about climate change
A month after deadly floods, Nepal's prime minister says the climate-connected catastrophe is a warning to the rest of the world.
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