Post B9nWc6KSxhO9QkhmqW by altlife@me.dm
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 (DIR) Post #B9nWc52hkFaRRNO5WS by altlife@me.dm
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       Nepal is paying a devastating price for a climate crisis it did little to create. A catastrophic flood triggered by a Himalayan glacier collapse has killed over 160 people(with hundreds still missing). This is the cruelest face of climate change -> the countries with fewer resources to protect themselves are often the ones hit hardest.The question is no longer whether the poorest can afford to adapt. It's whether the rest of the world can afford to keep looking away. #Nepalfloods #ClimateCrisis
       
 (DIR) Post #B9nWc6KSxhO9QkhmqW by altlife@me.dm
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       Among those caught in this devastating tragedy were pilgrims travelling to/returning from Kailash Mansarovar. It is one of the holiest pilgrimage for Hindus, Buddhists & Jains. Indian govt has a lottery system(1k) to take pilgrims, which was on hold post covid but started again this year. I was on the waiting list. Many like me aspire to undertake this difficult journey with deep faith, waiting years at times. Not knowing what has happened to your loved ones is a grief almost impossible to bear
       
 (DIR) Post #B9nWc8ji0olitcWyTA by altlife@me.dm
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       Nepalis who live in these regions depend on tourism for their livelihoods. Hotels, restaurants, porters, drivers, guides, shopkeepers and countless families rely on the steady flow of visitors through these mountain routes.When disaster strikes, they don't just lose homes and loved ones. They lose their entire source of income overnight.Will those who deny climate crisis help to rebuild these communities? I guess their interest ends at conquering Mt Everest via Sherpas who carry their weight.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9nWc9q7uRUqJoXc6y by altlife@me.dm
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       Death toll rises to 270, over 1300 missingThe time to find solutions is now. This will only get worse. Don't know what I can do except to write about how helplessly sick this makes me feel. No one deserves a death like this. Imagine ordinary people just washed away in a second because people who shape our climate policies refuse to take climate change seriously. We need serious climate action and real protection for communities living on the frontlines of climate change not just prayers.