Nepal PM Balendra Shah To Raise Climate Justice Demand At UNGA After Devastating Himalayan Floods
New Delhi, Sep 24: When Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah takes the podium early morning Friday (India time) to address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), he intends to highlight how climate change has devastated livelihoods in low-carbon-emitting countries like his and argue that such nations deserve climate justice and compensation from the international community, according to…
Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah will bring up the issue of climate justice during his address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This comes after devastating floods in August, which resulted in over 1,400 deaths and missing persons. Shah aims to advocate for climate justice and compensation for low-emission countries like Nepal at the global forum.
Nepal aims to leverage this disaster to push for climate finance, loss-and-damage support, and improved cooperation on Himalayan disasters. The country has previously highlighted climate change issues at international platforms, including the UNGA and UN climate conferences. The Bhotekoshi disaster was caused by an ice-rock collapse and glacier-related disaster near the Nepal-China border, highlighting concerns about climate change destabilizing glaciers and mountain slopes in the Himalayas.
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