Call for climate justice

Nepal and Bangladesh leaders demand urgent climate justice and financial support at U.N.

At the 81st U.N. General Assembly, Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah argued that climate justice must address who bears climate costs and whose voices count, stressing that low-emitting countries such as Nepal face severe damage from melting Himalayan snow and floods. He urged practical support for vulnerable countries and contrasted the rapid delivery of weapons with the difficulty poor farmers face obtaining basic supplies; he also proposed a Nepal-India-China mechanism to strengthen Himalayan climate resilience. Bangladesh’s representative at a Climate Vulnerable Forum leaders meeting called for justice, ambition and solidarity in global climate action, including fairer access to concessional finance and rapid support for countries hit by climate shocks. Separately, youth and climate advocates in coastal Bangladesh rallied for climate finance, adaptation and locally led action, saying communities with little responsibility for climate change endure salinity, erosion, cyclones and other harms.

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