Climate

How Nepal can get to climate justice at COP

How Nepal can get to climate justice at COP

Climate justice is the destination, the mechanisms are the road we must take

Truong Huyen-Chi

What the Himalaya can learn from the Andes

What the Himalaya can learn from the Andes

Peru and Nepal share common risks from climate breakdown and glacial retreat

Kaede Polkinghorne

Monsoon storms batter Nepal

Monsoon storms batter Nepal

14 missing in deadly avalanche, floods and landslides damage highways

Smaranika Shakya

After the deluge

After the deluge

Hydropower development should not stop, it must evolve factoring in mountain hazards

Bikash Pandey

Kathmandu 10 Actions announced

Kathmandu 10 Actions announced

ICIMOD's Himalayan members pledge to work on early warning and data sharing

Nepali Times

Nepal, one month after

Nepal, one month after

The Bhote Kosi-Trisuli disaster will soon be a distant memory, but it left lasting lessons

Sonia Awale

Rethinking risk and development in the Himalaya

Rethinking risk and development in the Himalaya

A warning system only works if people and institutions can act on it, particularly with last-mile redundancy

Ajaya Dixit and Monirul Mirza

Nepal PM's impassioned UNGA speech

Nepal PM's impassioned UNGA speech

Full text of Prime Minister Balendra Shah's address to the General Assembly

Nepali Times

We had no name for what came down the Trisuli

We had no name for what came down the Trisuli

We have the science and the capacity. What we lack is the authority to name.

Tri Ratna Bajracharya and Truong Huyen-Chi

Nepal takes its message to the world

Nepal takes its message to the world

Prime Minister Balendra Shah will tell the UN that Nepal’s flood was a global warning

Editorial

Glacier melting is black and white

Glacier melting is black and white

Reducing air pollution is the fastest way to help protect the Himalayan icecap

Smaranika Shakya

Climate warming set off Nepal disaster: Report

Climate warming set off Nepal disaster: Report

Scientists conclude global warming influenced catastrophic mountain collapse

Nepali Times

Nepali families who lost everything twice

Nepali families who lost everything twice

They survived the earthquake, but could not escape the flood on the Trisuli

Sabina Devkota in Nuwakot

The survivors of Syaprubesi

The survivors of Syaprubesi

Homes and livelihoods gone, they find refuge and hope at a Kathmandu monastery

Garima Shrestha

The two women of Timure

The two women of Timure

A photographer’s chance encounter on the Bhote Kosi two decades ago connects memories with tragedy

Deependra Bajracharya

How on earth to finance Nepal’s disaster?

How on earth to finance Nepal’s disaster?

The question is not whether there will be more climate impacts. It is how we will finance resilience, pay for damage.

Rastraraj Bhandari

Early warning about global warming

Early warning about global warming

Continuously updated glacial inventory, careful land use planning, and participatory flood preparedness could make Nepal’s river valleys safer

Kaede Polkinghorne

Nepal must rethink its hydropower future

Nepal must rethink its hydropower future

Putting all its eggs in one basket is not a good idea in an age of climate breakdown

Sudiksha Tuladhar

Headlines on a climate deadline

Headlines on a climate deadline

International media falters in linking Nepal flood to climate crisis

Kaede Polkinghorne

Certainty on a Himalayan scale

Certainty on a Himalayan scale

Doubt about an individual disaster need not be reduced to zero before we act on climate breakdown

Nepali Times

Nepal disaster was a warning to fix its early-warning system

Nepal disaster was a warning to fix its early-warning system

One phone call saved thousands of lives after river gauges were swept away on 26 August

Devesh Belbase

"This is by far the most horrific flood I have ever seen"

"This is by far the most horrific flood I have ever seen"

Himalayan glacier expert Alton C Byers on what happened in Nepal and what should happen now

Nepali Times

We are all downstream now

We are all downstream now

The water cycle is the planet's great equaliser. We have forgetten this. The flood is a brutal reminder.

Zakir Kibria

Nepal’s rice fields can also earn carbon credits

Nepal’s rice fields can also earn carbon credits

Introducing alternate wet and dry cropping reduces methane emission, saves water and generates revenue

Urja Shrestha

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