Journalist Kunda Dixit on a young, fragile Himalayas—and the risks Nepal is ignoring

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Journalist Kunda Dixit warns that Nepal’s fragile, rapidly changing Himalayan environment requires a rethink of construction and disaster planning. The article highlights risks from building and planning decisions in a mountain landscape increasingly affected by climate change.

Dixit, who has written about climate and environment for decades, says Nepal must rethink how it builds and plans for disasters in a rapidly changing mountain landscape.