{
  "id": 19527511,
  "title": "Nepal-Tibet floods showed the need for greater climate finance. Is the world listening?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/nepal-tibet-floods-showed-the-need-for-greater-climate-finance-is-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T17:29:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Conversation AU",
    "slug": "the-conversation-au",
    "url": "https://theconversation.com/nepal-tibet-floods-showed-the-need-for-greater-climate-finance-is-the-world-listening-294675"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 2024, a devastating flash flood struck Nepalese and Tibetan communities along the Bhote Koshi river system, claiming over 1,400 lives and leaving 5,000 people missing. While climate change played a role in the disaster, Nepal, a developing nation with around 30 million inhabitants, is responsible for just 0.05% of global carbon emissions. The reconstruction costs are staggering, highlighting the urgent need for climate finance – funding to assist developing countries in protecting their populations and economies from climate disasters and in rebuilding after they occur. Despite numerous UN climate summits, progress on climate finance remains elusive, raising doubts about whether the upcoming COP31 negotiations will yield any different results.",
  "summary": "As president of COP31 negotiations, Australia has the opportunity to rally more backing for climate finance for those on the frontline.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}