High and dry

Infrastructures built without proper planning end up causing long-term destruction.

That the consequences of human greed for development, luxury and capital accumulation has caused immense stress on ecology and the environment globally is no news anymore. Nepal's footprint in global emissions is pretty tiny, at 0.027 percent of the total global emission, and it has made significant commitments to climate justice, including increasing forest cover to 45 percent and ensuring that all vulnerable people are protected by climate change in 2030. But ambitious obligations, which, according to experts, are not too difficult to meet, need to be followed by action. As of now, it is not clear whether it has the willpower and the roadmap to translate those commitments into action.