🌿 Environment 1d ago · Pradeep Majgaiyan

The Himalayas Didn’t Cause the Climate Crisis. Why Are Nepalis Paying the Price?

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The Himalayas Didn’t Cause the Climate Crisis. Why Are Nepalis Paying the Price?
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About a decade ago, I traveled through the Rasuwa region of Nepal as a conservation and environmental protection worker. I remember looking at the Himalayas with a kind of pride that is difficult to explain to someone who has never stood beneath them. The mountains seemed eternal. The glaciers looked like frozen rivers from another age. The valleys seemed impossibly deep, the rivers impossibly powerful. I felt proud that these mountains were part of my country. I felt proud that Nepal, a small a

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