这项赔偿诉求发生在11月联合国年度气候峰会之前，预计开发中国家将借此峰会向高排放的富裕国家施压，要求提供更多资金以应对气候灾害带来的损失与损害。由200个国际团体组成的民间联盟「要求气候正义全球行动」亦发表声明声援，指出尼泊尔无法替排放国减排，亦不能单靠适应策略来保护喜马拉雅山脉，更不应为应对主要由他国引发的气候危机而背负债务。
为应对当前危机，尼泊尔已向联合国「损失与损害基金」申请紧急救济，官员在致该基金的信函中表示，重建成本已远远超出本国资源负荷，若要等待基金委员会于12月开会处理将为时已晚。目前尼泊尔森林与环境部以及联合国损失与损害基金代表均尚未对此置评。
Nepal is demanding climate compensation from the world's major greenhouse gas emitters following devastating flash floods in the Bhotekoshi River basin triggered by a massive rock and ice collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border. With the official death toll surpassing 1,000 and nearly 4,000 people still missing alongside severe infrastructure destruction, Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal stated that major polluters like China, the US, and India have left smaller nations to bear the cost, vowing to forcefully pursue the issue as a matter of international justice.
This push comes ahead of the United Nations' annual climate summit in November, where developing nations plan to pressure wealthy, high-emitting countries for greater funding to cover climate-induced loss and damage. The Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice, a coalition of 200 international groups, supported Nepal's position, asserting that the nation cannot protect the Himalayas through adaptation alone while fossil fuel emissions rise elsewhere, nor should it incur debt for a crisis it did not create.
Addressing the immediate disaster, Nepal has requested urgent relief from the UN's Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, noting in a letter that recovery costs massively exceed domestic resources and that waiting for the fund's scheduled board meeting in December would be too late. Representatives from Nepal's Ministry of Forests and Environment and the UN fund have not immediately responded to requests for comment. (Key numbers: 12)