SHREE RAM SUBEDI

Regional voices call for climate finance, adaptation and loss and damage funding, warning that Nepal’s disaster exposes the cost of global inaction

Kathmandu Climate Week 2026 has brought climate justice and resilience to the forefront, with strong youth participation and calls for sustained action following the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods.

The apex court has ordered full nationwide enforcement of the 40-micron plastic bag ban and directed the government to strengthen plastic regulation, recycling, producer responsibility and coordination among all three tiers of government.

Global guidelines call for stronger legal safeguards, birth registration and cross-border protection for people at risk

Shah proposed that Nepal, India and China share satellite data and technical expertise, jointly monitor vulnerable glacial lakes, strengthen early-warning systems and coordinate cross-border emergency response during disasters.

Nepal’s new Climate Diplomacy Unit could strengthen its international climate efforts, but experts say the country needs a more integrated and empowered institutional mechanism to address the broader climate crisis.

“The new analysis removes any doubt about the influence of climate change on the disaster in Nepal and confirms that this was a compound disaster that had been building for decades,” Singh told Republica.

Addressing a high-level session at the headquarters of the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva on Wednesday, Kurum said climate risks were now directly affecting people’s lives and livelihoods, cities and development prospects across the world.

The international fund provides financial support to developing and climate-vulnerable countries to address economic and non-economic losses and damages caused by climate-related disasters such as floods, droughts and glacier melt.

Bhotekoshi–Trishuli flood triggered by ice-rock avalanche, study finds