KathmanduNepal’s flood claim covers 0.7% of its losses.
It exposes how thin the fund built to make polluters pay for climate damage remains.
The UN loss-and-damage fund has received $2.8 billion in requests against $0.8 billion pledged, paying out nothing since 2023.
Nepal’s $20 million request, the maximum for a single project, now awaits the fund board’s decision.
How each outlet framed it
- Carbon Brief leans critical
- quantifies Nepal fund request as 0.7% of $2.7B damage, exposing $2.8B in requests vs $0.8B pledged to loss-and-damage fund
Sources: Carbon Brief