A decade since the 2015 earthquake, Nepal’s shift to community-led preparedness shows progress, but climate risks demand stronger local action.
When inequality is high, those in power can, and do, shift environmental harm onto the vulnerable. It even incentivizes further exploitation.
While the national budget tags expenditures as climate-relevant, it does not flag expenditures that cause an increase in carbon emissions or go against the National Climate Change Policy.
Every part of the Himalayas is an open museum where you interact with lovely views, ever changing shades of the sky and hills with thriving oral history, art, craft and literature.
While air accidents grab headlines space and become a matter of public discussion, road accidents do not attract the same sense of attention.
This global rise in heatwaves highlights a disturbing trend intensified by climate change, affecting nations rich and poor.