A case for Nepal: suing major carbon emitters for floods
While climate wrongs harm society, they do not harm individuals in a sufficiently direct and proximate way
- ✓While climate wrongs harm society, they do not harm individuals in a sufficiently direct and proximate way
- ✓The catastrophic floods in Nepal which resulted in the deaths of thousands of people in August 2026, is overwhelmingly attributed to climate change.
- ✓This is yet another worst-case climate change scenario from South Asia, after the floods in Pakistan in 2022.
- ✓Nepal flash floods 2026 / Nepal / carbon emissions
The catastrophic floods in Nepal which resulted in the deaths of thousands of people in August 2026, is overwhelmingly attributed to climate change. This is yet another worst-case climate change scenario from South Asia, after the floods in Pakistan in 2022.
A debate that has not drawn much attention so far in this part of the world is that there is scope to explore and establish the flood victims as victims of climate wrongs. The case for the Nepalese people needs to be analysed from the prism of climate litigations used by plaintiffs in many jurisdictions of Europe and the U.S.
in the last two decades. Nepal flash floods 2026 / Nepal / carbon emissions
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| Issuing Authority | The Hindu Health & Medical |
|---|---|
| Topic Category | WORLD |
| Jurisdiction | All India / National |
| Publication Date | 10 November 2026 |