Young Nepalis battle climate dread in wake of flood disaster
Por Emma White — South China Morning Post – News feed
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After August’s glacier collapse killed more than 1,400 people, young Nepalis are demanding justice, not just sympathy
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Emma White Published: 1:00pm, 19 Sep 2026 Alina B.K. should have been preparing for her end-of-year university exams, but news of devastating floods along the Nepal –Tibet border kept pulling her back to a troubling question: what kind of future awaits her?
The 21-year-old forestry student, who coordinates the Pokhara network of Nepalese Youth for Climate Action, said she struggled to concentrate as reports of death and destruction deepened her fears about a changing climate.
“With the floods and deaths happening around us, it is really hard not to feel anxious and emotionally overwhelmed,” she said.
The August 26 disaster, triggered by a glacier collapse, has left more than 1,400 people confirmed dead across Nepal and Tibet, with thousands still missing.
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