Nepal floods were 'a warning to the world,' prime minister tells UN
UNITED NATIONS: The catastrophic Nepal flooding last month was “not just a local tragedy, it was a warning to the world,” the country’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah told the United Nations on Thursday.
Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah addressed the United Nations, stating that the recent catastrophic flooding in Nepal was not just a local tragedy, but a warning to the world. According to Shah, a warming climate is destabilizing the fragile Himalayan ecology, melting permafrost and glaciers, and accelerating hazards.
Shah urged the international community to help bear the cost of adapting to climate change, as Nepal cannot build resilience alone against a crisis made worse by the failure of global governance.
There is no additional information in the reports to expand on these points or provide further details on the flooding.
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