Rethinking Nepal’s Role in Global Climate Talks

In the Terai, a farmer faces a relentless uncertainty each monsoon. Some years bring drought that scorches his crops; others, rains that flood his home. Variability has always been part of the monsoon, but climate change sharpens its extremes, striking the same vulnerable lives again and again. Meanwhile, preparations are underway for COP30 in Brazil, where Nepal’s delegation will once again speak for mountain communities like theirs. But before another speech is delivered, one question demands an honest answer: After more than two decades of climate diplomacy, is this farmer’s life any better?