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Rich nations are handing Nepal a climate crisis bill it can’t afford
Officials say reconstruction could cost at least $5 billion as Nepal seeks compensation for climate losses and trade disruptions after recent floods.
- Nepal requested $20 million in compensation from a United Nations fund for climate-related flood damage, as the Nepali Army began rebuilding trade routes including a new bridge across the Tadi River.
- Climate change-driven flooding struck Rasuwaghadi for the second time in two years, compounding past shocks including the 2015 earthquake and 2025 Gen Z protests that the Nepal Economic Forum reports caused sharp drops in foreign arrivals.
- Government officials estimate $5 billion in reconstruction costs alone, while Bhaju, a director with the Nepal Economic Forum, noted everyday essentials rose 5-8% and gas prices jumped 36% outside official distribution channels.
- Trade halts threaten the upcoming 15-day Dashain festival, a major driver of tourism and consumer spending. Businesses switching to sea freight from Guangzhou face three-week delivery delays and mounting loan losses.
- Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal emphasized Nepal generates only 0.1% of global emissions yet bears disproportionate climate costs. World Bank analysis warns the nation could lose roughly 4% of its GDP by 2050 if warming continues.
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Work has begun in Nepal to rebuild trade routes destroyed by catastrophic floods with a new bridge over the Tadi River, which Nepali military forces call the “bridge of hope”.
"The country is paying the price of a climate crisis for which it has little responsibility"
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