Nepal to use new flood study to claim millions from UN climate disaster fund
A new study says climate change was a likely factor in the massive flood on the Nepal-Tibet border last month.
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"there was 'absolutely no doubt that human-induced climate change played a role here in the preconditioning of the disaster'"
— Dr. Friederike Otto , Academic
"the report 'will be the main basis of our claim as it has detailed what role climate has played in this disaster'"
— Maheshwar Dhakal , Other
Key People
Former mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and prime ministerial candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party.
Dr. Friederike Otto is a climatologist at Imperial College London.
Maheshwar Dhakal is the spokesperson for Nepal's Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Environment.
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A new study says climate change was a likely factor in the massive flood on the Nepal-Tibet border last month.
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