Nepal seeks climate compensation after deadly Bhotekoshi flash floods

The minister added that any assistance to help Nepal recover from the flash floods should be treated as a "moral liability," rather than charity. Khanal added that the country's diplomatic framework will also be switching from "receiving aid" to “justice and compensation.”

The Nepali foreign minister also named India, China and the United States as the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters. Khanal added that the three countries have a "historical responsibility to compensate vulnerable nations like Nepal".

According to the European Commission's Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research 2025 report, China, the United States, India, the EU27, Russia, and Indonesia were the world's largest GHG emitters in 2024.