Nepal and COP26

We should strike a deal with the developed countries to help us adapt to climate change.

Nepal has been going through one of the worst climate catastrophes in recent years. With the present status of global gain in climate change mitigation, this trend seems never-ending. I started working as a climate journalist in 2018 and have had opportunities to listen to climate stories from people living in remote quarters of the country and from those living in big cities and learn about their plight. I was startled to see how underestimated the climate change problem remains. Those story collecting moments were really an eye-opener for me as I came to understand the effects of climate change that I had never imagined had any connection with climate. For instance, there is an old man in the village of Narainapur in Banke district who could not afford the wedding expenses of his daughter because repeated droughts had wreaked havoc on his crops and left him poorer. Just imagine! You are not able to even get married because of climate change. This shows how deeply climate change has penetrated our lives.