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Foreign minister demands world’s top three polluting nations compensate Nepal for recent disaster. Read more China, the United States and India should compensate Nepal for last week’s flash flood disaster, the country’s foreign minister has said. He said Nepal’s greenhouse gas emissions are tiny compared with the top three polluters, yet his country suffers from a crisis it did not create.        So can his demand become a reality? Presenter:  Cyril Vanier Guests:  Manjeet Dhakal – Lead Adviser to the Chair of the UN Least Developed Countries Group on Climate Change Erin Sikorsky – Director of the Center for Climate and Security and former Deputy Director at the US National Intelligence Council George Monbiot – Environmental campaigner and author of Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning  Published On 3 Sep 2026 3 Sep 2026        Save       Share Is Nepal leading the battle for climate justice? on social media share-nodes    Share (https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fa8iavt) facebook      (https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Is%20Nepal%20leading%20the%20battle%20for%20climate%20justice%3F&source=sharethiscom&related=sharethis&via=AJEnglish&url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fa8iavt) x    (whatsapp://send?text=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fa8iavt) whatsapp-stroke    (https://aje.news/a8iavt)  copylink          google       Add Al Jazeera on Google  info          More from the same show   (https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2026/9/2/will-the-eu-take-action-against-israel) Will the EU take action against Israel?   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