Balen at the UN: Nepal flooding, a warning for everyone downstream

Korea Times News ·
South Korea

Nepal has never burned much coal or drilled for oil. Its share of global greenhouse gas emissions is negligible. Yet on Aug. 26, a torrent swept away villages, engulfed people and damaged roads and hydropower plants near the Nepal-China border. The death toll has crossed 1,450, and thousands are still missing. Four weeks later, Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah stood before the U.N. General…

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