{"id":227339,"date":"2026-10-12T14:27:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nepals-pm-says-flash-flood-was-warning-to-world-as-he-scolds-leaders-at-un-over-climate-change-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:27:37","slug":"nepals-pm-says-flash-flood-was-warning-to-world-as-he-scolds-leaders-at-un-over-climate-change-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nepals-pm-says-flash-flood-was-warning-to-world-as-he-scolds-leaders-at-un-over-climate-change-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal\u2019s PM says flash flood was \u2018warning to world\u2019 as he scolds leaders at UN over climate change – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shah \u2060said \u200bNepal\u2019s recovery and reconstruction needs were estimated at about 10% of GDP, as he appealed for more international support
Nepal\u2019s prime minister scolded world leaders at the UN on Thursday, saying last month\u2019s catastrophic deadly flood<\/a> was a reminder that climate change keeps hurting people who didn\u2019t cause the crisis.
The disaster \u201cwas a warning to the world,\u201d Balendra Shah told the general assembly. \u201cAnd I ask you today: Have you really heard that warning?\u201d
International scientists have connected melting permafrost caused by changes in the climate \u2013 linked to burning coal, oil and gas \u2013 to the instability of the glacier, which partly collapsed and triggered a massive flood<\/a> that killed at least 1,400 people.
Shah said that Nepal<\/a> contributed less than one-tenth of 1% of the heat-trapping gases behind climate change.
\u201cWe did not create this crisis, yet we are paying a colossal price for it,\u201d said Shah, 36, a former rapper and engineer, who wore a traditional Nepali hat and dark sunglasses, which he uses for medical reasons.
Shah \u2060said \u200bthat Nepal\u2019s recovery and reconstruction needs were estimated at about 10% of gross domestic \u2060product following the flood that struck four weeks ago, and argued that vulnerable countries should not be \u2060forced to take on additional debt to rebuild from catastrophic climate \u200bevents.
\u201cWhen a climate-driven disaster destroys \u200cinfrastructure of a poor \u200ccountry, the answer cannot simply be another mega loan or \u200ca patchwork of small grants,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need adequate grant-based support from the world.\u201d
He urged closer cooperation between Nepal, India and China on climate resilience, calling for an urgent Himalayan mechanism to share satellite data, monitor glacial lakes, strengthen early-warning systems and coordinate disaster \u200cresponses across borders.
Shah didn\u2019t ask for a specific amount in international aid, but he called the financial aid system inadequate and too bureaucratic.
The Nepalese leader said the flood had swept away roads, bridges, schools, homes and livelihoods, interrupting Nepal\u2019s development progress.
Weeks \u200blater, search and \u200brecovery operations were still under \u200bway, with more than 6,000 people remaining missing in \u200bthe area. Shah \u200csaid many \u200bof them \u200bmay never be found.
The World Bank earlier this week made available up to $170m in emergency financing to help Nepal respond to the disaster and begin recovery efforts.
Over the past 75 years, the US has emitted about 1,500 times more carbon into the air than Nepal, according to the Global Carbon Project, a group of scientists that track greenhouse gas emissions.
The US this week announced $31m in aid to Nepal for flood recovery, which brings America\u2019s total financial help up to $36m.
Shisir Khanal, Nepal\u2019s foreign minister, said Wednesday at the UN climate summit: \u201cWhat happened in Nepal is not an isolated disaster but a preview of what awaits many vulnerable nations.\u201d
Speaking to the Guardian earlier this month, Khanal said Nepal had written a joint letter to the UN\u2019s fund for responding to loss and damage<\/a> \u2013 set up in 2022 in line with the Paris climate agreement \u2013 to request $20m in climate-related damages<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Shah \u2060said \u200bNepal\u2019s recovery and reconstruction needs were estimated at about 10% of GDP, as he appealed for more international supportNepal\u2019s prime minister scolded world leaders at the UN on Thursday, saying last month\u2019s catastrophic deadly flood was a reminder that climate change keeps hurting people who didn\u2019t cause the crisis.The disaster \u201cwas a warning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}