Opinion | Why Nepal’s climate data is key to securing compensation
Summary
Nepal’s worsening flood and disaster losses are visible, but weak data systems are undermining its ability to claim compensation from global climate funds. Building credible local and national records is becoming essential to secure loss-and-damage financing.
Key Points
- Nepal’s monsoon disasters are mounting, yet the country still lacks systematic data to document climate losses and support compensation claims.
- The article argues that evidence-based damage tracking is crucial for accessing the Global Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage and other climate finance mechanisms.
- Local initiatives such as Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s flood-risk mapping and NDRRMA’s BIPAD portal are useful starts, but Nepal still needs stronger institutional coordination and funding for loss documentation.
- The piece says Nepal’s climate risks are increasingly visible in floods, glacial disasters and disrupted infrastructure, but what goes uncounted cannot be claimed.
