Nepal calls for international financial compensation following deadly floods

Nepal calls for international financial compensation following deadly floods

Nepal on Wednesday appealed for emergency assistance from a UN fund designed to help developing countries cope with the irreversible effects of climate change, as it sought climate justice and floods caused by an August 26 glacier collapse on its border with China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. Commenting on the gravity of the situation that Nepal is facing, UN Resident Coordinator for Nepal, Lila Pieters Yahia stated: The devastation Nepal has expe…