Who Is Responsible for Nepal’s Tragedy?
By Nischal Dhungel KATHMANDU—In the wake of Nepal’s devastating floods, which killed at least 1,300 people, Nepalese officials and others were quick to cite climate change as the primary cause. They were not wrong. The Hindu Kush Himalayas are warming roughly three times faster than the global average, even though Nepal produces only 0.1% of global greenhouse-gas emissions. …