Nepal’s catastrophic floods were ‘warning to the world,’ PM Shah tells UN

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Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah addressed the UN warning that recent catastrophic floods signal increasing climate risks in the Himalayas due to glacier and permafrost melting. He called for international assistance to help Nepal adapt to these environmental threats beyond its capacity to manage alone.

Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah said on Thursday that last month’s catastrophic floods were a “warning to the world” of growing climate risks in the Himalayas. He said warming was melting glaciers and permafrost and urged international support to help Nepal adapt to threats it could not face alone.