Biting The Hand That Feeds: Nepal Demands Climate Cash While Blaming Us For Its Disaster

by Angela Wheeler Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal’s request for a foreign response to his country’s disastrous Himalayan flood would be better made as an appeal to the charitable instincts of people than as a demand for compensation from climate sinners. Khanal connects the August 26 flood to the popular narrative that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) cause dangerous … Continue reading Biting The Hand That Feeds: Nepal Demands Climate Cash While Blaming Us For Its Disaster