Kim Stanley Robinson won’t read aloud his climate disaster scene from ‘The Ministry for the Future’
Robinson said the opening heat-wave scene was too harsh to read aloud as the novel’s fictional disaster kills 20 million people.
- On September 17, 2026, the World Weather Attribution group released a report concluding human-caused climate change likely destabilized the Langtang Lirung slope, triggering the August 26, 2026, glacier collapse and deadly flooding in Nepal.
- Decades of warming temperatures thinned glaciers and thawed permafrost, weakening mountain slopes over time, while researchers identify the magnitude-7.8 2015 Gorkha earthquake as a potential geological factor that may have preconditioned the bedrock.
- Nepal's disaster authority reported over 1,400 deaths and 6,150 missing following the catastrophe, which devastated infrastructure and hydropower capacity; officials estimate total reconstruction costs at $4.78 billion.
- Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal formally requested $20 million from the U.N. Loss and Damage Fund, acknowledging the amount is "obviously not nearly enough" to cover recovery needs.
- Novelist Kim Stanley Robinson declined to read the opening scene of his climate change novel, 'The Ministry for the Future,' aloud, calling it "too harsh" for public audiences.
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Rich nations must pay their share, says Nepal minister as glacial‑collapse floods expose climate risks
NEW YORK, Sept 26 — Wealthy nations must do their fair share to help countries that are least responsible for the climate crisis, yet bear its brunt, Nepal’s foreign minister...
Prime Minister of Nepal says that the country suffered one of the worst disasters in history in August. He asks for help from the international community to bear the costs of adapting to climate change.
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The Express TribuneNepal PM says floods 'a warning to the world' about climate change
Addressing the General Assembly in sunglasses during its high-level week, Shah said a warming climate was "destabilizing the fragile Himalayan ecology," melting permafrost and glaciers and accelerating hazards. The nation suffered one of the worst catastrophes in its history late last month when a tsunami-like flood, triggered by a high-altitude glacial mountain collapse along the Nepal-China border, cut a swathe of destruction. More than 1,400 …
Deadly floods in Nepal were a “warning to the whole world,” the country’s prime minister said at the UN. The deadly floods that hit Nepal last month “were a warning to the whole world,” the Asian country’s prime minister, Balendra Sa, said at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, calling on the international community to step up efforts to help his country adapt.
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