Kathmandu, Sept. 1 -- Nepal has launched a diplomatic push to seek climate-related compensation from greenhouse emitters for the devastation caused by the
recent deadly flash floods, asserting that post-disaster assistance should be treated as a matter of "moral liability", "not charity".
Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said Nepal, despite contributing "virtually negligible" greenhouse gas emissions, are bearing the disproportionate consequences
of global warming, including rapid glacier melt and extreme mountain disasters.
"We are paying the ultimate price for a global crisis we did not create. The rapid melting of glaciers and these catastrophic mountain tsunamis are direct consequences of global
climate change," he said in an interview.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.