Tag: Nepal

Getting Loss and Damage Fund money would be worth a lot more than the $20 million Nepal is asking for. The foreign minister calls it a demand for justice and ‘legal and moral liability.

1,367 people are confirmed dead and 5,132 remain missing, including 587 foreign nationals, two weeks after a glacial collapse triggered Nepal's floods.

99% of humanitarian funding flows after disasters strike. The Himalayan flood should force a rethink of how – and when – scarce resources are spent.

Dr Rijan Bhakta Kayastha says the August 26 disaster started when a massive chunk of glacier gave way at altitudes of about 5,200 to 1,200 m.

Although the monsoon is an annual event, this year’s rains have been considered far worse than usual, and people are blaming climate change for making things much worse.

“Tigers are conservation-dependent species and they respond to the conservation efforts immediately.”