Flood-damaged Nepal wants help from the global climate Loss and Damage Fund – but it’s waiting, along with 118 other countries

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.’

By: Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Tufts University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: September 18, 2026

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By Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Tufts University

As it faces the enormous task of rebuilding from a deadly flood that tore through communities in the Himalayas, Nepal is seeking compensation from the international Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage – meaning from countries that are major contributors to climate change, which it blames for the disaster.

Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said it was not merely a request for aid or charity but a

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