Kim Stanley Robinson won’t read aloud his climate disaster scene from ‘The Ministry for the Future’
Author Kim Stanley Robinson declines to read a fictional climate disaster scene depicting 20 million deaths, citing its increasing plausibility amid real-world extreme weather events.
- 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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Nepal floods were 'a warning to the world,' prime minister tells UN
UNITED NATIONS, United States — The catastrophic Nepal flooding last month was "not just a local tragedy, it was a warning to the world," the country's Prime Minister Balendra Shah told the United Nations on Thursday. Shah said a warming climate was "destabilizing the fragile Himalayan ecology," melting permafrost and glaciers and accelerating hazards. He urged the international community to help bear the cost of adapting to climate change, beca…
Scientists argue that climate change played a key role in the August 26 floods, reinforcing Nepal’s argument that the most vulnerable mountain countries are paying a high price for a crisis they are facing.
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rtl.luNepal flood victims look to PM Shah to press climate case at UN
NUWAKOT, Nepal: As Nepal's prime minister heads to the United Nations seeking climate justice, survivors of the catastrophic floods that tore through Himalayan valleys are counting on the young leader to give voice to thei
The World Bank will provide up to $170 million in emergency financing to Nepal to help it recover from devastating floods in late August. The funds will be used to support the government's emergency response and the restoration of critical infrastructure and basic services, BTA reports. The disaster on August 26 hit a region near the border with China and caused widespread destruction. According to authorities, about 1,400 people died after a g…
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