Important analysis here by scholars with the Sajag-Nepal collaborative www.sajag-nepal.org "Relocation away from hazards like landslides and floods may reduce exposure, but it doesn’t address ... economic precarity and inequality." @theconversation.com theconversation.com/nepal-could-...

Nepal could show the world how to recover sustainably from a major disaster

Development in known hazard zones is creating untenable risks for communities around the world. Here’s how Nepal and the global community can build back differently.

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Yikes. "...climate activists on the forefront of a Gen Z revolution that eventually ushered in a youth-dominated government in March." Nepal's GenZ "revolution" (yes they're still calling it that) had literally nothing to do with climate. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/w...

Nepal’s Gen Z Is Taking on the World’s Polluters Over Climate Disasters

The young government of Nepal, a nation with a tiny carbon footprint, is seeking reparations from the world’s major economies as it bears the brunt of collapsing Himalayan glaciers.

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The world's attention has moved on. But the Himalayan flood disaster in Nepal is far from over. "Jandra has six children, the youngest just five years old. But no relief has reached the village so far. The food at home has now run out." kathmandupost.com/health/2026/... @coveringclimatenow.org

24 days after flood, hunger grips three Rusuwa wards

Food is running out in villages cut off after the Bhotekoshi flood swept away bridges.

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Please note: the Loss and Damage Fund has received less than half the $800 million initially pledge. Nepal will receive $20 million, and possibly more later. The latest flood damage is estimated at $5 billion or more. That's one disaster, in one country. kathmandupost.com/national/202...

Nepal secures $20 million from Loss and Damage Fund, awaits decision on Bhotekoshi plea

The funding was approved based on Nepal’s request made earlier this year. A separate emergency appeal filed after the August 26 disaster awaits approval.

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A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival. Wen Stephenson reports from Nepal. https://bit.ly/3UEK9w0

A Reckoning Comes for Nepal

A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival.

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"What I saw, in other words, was the fraught intersection of climate change, social justice, and human rights." "A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival" Wen Stephenson reports from Nepal. ht @advaitarun.bsky.social

A Reckoning Comes for Nepal

A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival.

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Climate justice will have to be fought for—and equality and human rights will have to be won—not only among countries but within them. Wen Stephenson reports from Nepal on what "climate justice" means in a place like Nepal. https://bit.ly/3UEK9w0

A Reckoning Comes for Nepal

A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival.

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My new feature in the Oct issue of @thenation.com caps a run of reporting on Nepal that started in Jan 2024. But I'm no expert on Nepal. The experts are the Nepali people. They have been my patient teachers. Isay more here: wenstephenson.substack.com/p/a-reckoning www.thenation.com/article/envi...

A Reckoning Comes for Nepal

A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival.

thenation.com

A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival. Wen Stephenson reports from Nepal. www.thenation.com/article/envi...

A Reckoning Comes for Nepal

A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival.

thenation.com

Everyone with the slightest interest in #Nepal should read this latest editorial by Nepali Times editor Sonia Awale, who's also an accomplished climate reporter. (I interviewed her for my Oct. feature in @thenation.com, which will be out tomorrow.) nepalitimes.com/a-disastrous...

A disastrous state of affairs in Nepal

Nepal’s flood crisis comes on the first anniversary of the GenZ movement, leaving a new government to deal with it

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Important piece here by @michaelemann.bsky.social, maybe the best I've seen, on the connection between Nepal's glacial collapse and our summer of climate catastrophe.

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · last mo.

"Nepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster" | My latest op-ed for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In my latest for @thenation.com, Nepali climate expert @manjeetdhakal.bsky.social, head of the UN's Least Developed Countries support team, tells me there are now internal discussions underway about providing emergency Loss and Damage assistance to Nepal. www.thenation.com/article/envi...

How Will Nepal Pay for the Latest Climate Disaster?

An interview with Nepali UN climate expert Manjeet Dhakal on what the massive Himalayan flood will cost Nepal.

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"Imagine liquid concrete flowing down the river, carrying boulders the size of houses... These are terrifying events... The footage from this flood is the most horrific I have ever seen." Alton Byers @instaar.bsky.social in Nepali Times nepalitimes.com/this-is-by-f...

"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

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"[The river] does not pause at borders. It flows from the Tibetan Plateau through Nepal’s narrow gorges, into the Tarai and the Indian plains, spreading finally across the Bangladesh delta. It carries silt and sorrow and the strange democracy of water." Zakir Kibria nepalitimes.com/we-are-all-d...

We are all downstream now

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

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Hard as it is to believe, this disaster may not be over yet, as Kathmandu Post is reporting. New glacial lakes have formed in the area and could bring more devastation. kathmandupost.com/national/202...

New barrier lake in Nepal raises fresh flood threat, China warns

China warns the lake near the Nepal-Tibet border could breach as 3 million cubic metres of water is expected to flow into it over the next three days, adding to risks after Wednesday’s deadly flood.

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Kunda Dixit of Nepali Times has a good explainer-backgrounder on the devastating Himalayan glacial collapse and flood on the Nepal-Tibet border. nepalitimes.com/central-nepa...

Central Nepal flood, the day after

Satellite images show the glacial collapse on the North Face of Langtang was in Nepal itself

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This may be the worst thing I've ever seen @theatlantic.com do. Let's rub salt in the wounds of Arday's loved ones, who have just suffered excruciating loss. Wood essentially calls Arday - and anyone suffering "self-contempt and despair" - "pathetic" "losers." A Trumpian level of cruelty. Why?

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 2mo ago

“The focus on those who pointed out Arday’s shortcomings, rather than on Arday himself and those who abetted his rise, is a clear sign that lessons from this miserable episode remain unlearned,” @gcaw.bsky.social argues.

Having spent the past seven weeks in this country reporting for @thenation.com on Nepal's "GenZ Revolution" and what comes next, I can assure you there has been no "revolution." Nor was that even what Nepal's GenZ movement was aiming for. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/w...

‘We Will Turn Trauma Into Something Beautiful’

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Here's my latest for @thenation.com about the stunning election results in Nepal six months after the GenZ uprising that took down the government. I sat down with two brilliant young Nepali women at the center of the GenZ movement to talk about what comes next. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

A Sweeping Victory for Gen Z in Nepal—But Not Yet a “Revolution”

Nepal’s “Gen Z revolution” achieved historic and unexpected electoral success—but transformational change remains elusive.

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"Nepal’s traditional political parties faced a dramatic collapse as a wave led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah...powered the [RSP] towards a historic two-thirds majority..., a result not seen...in nearly seven decades." #NepalElection2026 kathmandupost.com/money/2026/0...

Old parties crumble as RSP heads for two-thirds majority

Voters’ frustration with decades of instability and corruption fuels sweeping mandates, raising hopes for political stability and economic reforms.

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Always read Kunda Dixit's wickedly ironic weekly newsletter for Nepali Times. "We will miss covering all that horse-trading... where MPs were bought and sold... Journalism will be boring because there will be no wrong-doing to investigate and expose." nepalitimes.substack.com/p/what-just-...

What Just Happened in Nepal?

Nepali Times ईspecial 6 - 12 March 2026 #1301

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If you want to delve into Nepal's contemporary political history - past 35 years since democratic revolution of 1990 & Maoist war - you can't do better than @manjushreethapa.bsky.social books "Forget Kathmandu" and "The Lives We Have Lost," along with Prashant Jha's "Battles of the New Republic."

"In a damning indictment of the established political parties, the 3-year-old Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is giving them a run for their money.... candidates of the Congress, UML and NCP were being trounced, with the RSP on course to win a thumping majority." kathmandupost.com/politics/202...

Rastriya Swatantra Party surges towards landslide victory

Observers say voters punished old parties for their failure to deliver, abuse of power, and widespread corruption.

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It’s an era of trickster politics. It’s not useful to be naive. But Nepal’s trajectory in our lifetime has been steadily—and every now and then, extremely unsteadily—towards more and more democracy. I sincerely hope the country continues along this path after March 5. 🙏🏼

Maybe the best thing about #NepalElection2026 thus far is how peaceful it's been. Very few incidents reported across the country.

Nepali Times' Sonia Awale has the score: Five possible scenarios for election outcome, and what they could mean for new government and Nepal’s future. #NepalElection2026 nepalitimes.com/editorial/th...

The magic 138

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I'm glad to be back in Kathmandu, covering #NepalElection2026, called by interim govt after the GenZ uprising of Sept 8-9. Polls have closed here on this Election Day, turnout reported to be large, voting overwhelmingly peaceful. Here's Singha Durbar yesterday, armored vehicle inside the gate.

One thing that may dramatically shake up our political life on this planet is the advent of a strong new El Niño. (Also our, you know, life life) billmckibben.substack.com/p/an-el-nino...

An El Niño is brewing

And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.

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An El Niño is brewing. And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight. @billmckibben.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

An El Niño is brewing

And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.

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‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating

‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating

Advisory board member says Europe already paying price for lack of preparation but adapting is ‘not rocket science’ Keeping Europe safe from extreme weather “is not rocket science”, a top researcher has said, as the EU’s climate advisory board urges countries to prepare for a catastrophic 3C of global heating. Maarten van Aalst, a member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), said the continent was already “paying a price” for its lack of preparation but that adapting to a hotter future was in part “common sense and low-hanging fruit”. Continue reading...

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