Nepal prime Minister Balendra Shah on Thursday warned the United Nations General Assembly about the devastating impact of climate change. He said catastrophic floods that killed at least 1,400 people in the country highlighted the human cost of a crisis borne most severely by those least responsible for it.
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Addressing the UN General Assembly, Shah said the crisis was not limited to Nepal and pointed to the wider impact of climate change and conflict across South Asia.
"We have built a world with flawless logistics for war and broken logistics for food. And this is not Nepal’s private misfortune. Ask Bangladesh, ask Bhutan, ask India, ask the Maldives, ask Pakistan, ask Sri Lanka, ask any other country in our region and you’ll hear the same account."
