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  "id": 16143875,
  "title": "Nepal to get $20 million from climate fund after deadly August flood",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/nepal-to-get-20-million-from-climate-fund-after-deadly-august-flood",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T03:02:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40445584/nepal-to-get-20-million-from-climate-fund-after-deadly-august-flood"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "KATHMANDU: Nepal will receive $20 million in aid from the United Nations’ climate loss and damage fund following the devastating August flood along its border with China’s Tibet region, according to the government. The flood, which occurred on August 26, resulted in approximately 1,500 deaths and left over 5,000 people unaccounted for. The disaster impacted around 60,000 individuals residing in 15,000 families, leading to an estimated $2.7 billion in losses to critical infrastructure such as roads, bridges, schools, and 13 hydropower plants. The reconstruction costs could surpass $4.7 billion, with the $20 million UN climate aid representing less than 1% of the total required for flood recovery. Nepal had requested this assistance from the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) in a letter sent just a week after the flood, less than a week after the catastrophe. Prime Minister Balendra Shah, in his first speech to the United Nations in September, emphasized that Nepal's disaster served as a warning to the world, attributing the flood to climate change despite Nepal's minimal carbon emissions.",
  "summary": "KATHMANDU: Nepal will receive $20 million in aid from the United Nations’ climate loss and damage fund after the devastating flood along its border with China’s Tibet region in August, the government said late on Thursday. The August 26 flood killed about 1,500 people and more than 5,000 are still missing. The flood affected about 60,000 people from 15,000 families, according to official data,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "UN climate disaster fund moves to provide US$20 million in aid for Nepal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/un-climate-disaster-fund-moves-to-provide-us-20-million-in-aid-for",
        "published": "2026-10-22T20:59:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Nepal set to receive first-ever US$20 million payout from UN climate damage fund",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/nepal-set-to-receive-first-ever-us-20-million-payout-from-un-climate",
        "published": "2026-10-23T00:58:07.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "In a first, UN's Loss and Damage Fund sets aside $21.6 million for Nepal for Bhote Koshi disaster",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/in-a-first-uns-loss-and-damage-fund-sets-aside-21-6-million-for-nepal",
        "published": "2026-10-23T02:34:10.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Nepal to get $20 million from climate fund after deadly August flood",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/nepal-to-get-20-million-from-climate-fund-after-deadly-august-flood-16147249",
        "published": "2026-10-23T03:58:51.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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