Daniel King

Look at Nepal. This Is Climate Injustice. Many friends here in #Geneva have come forward with sadness, asking about our families and friends in Nepal. A few said something that stayed with me: “We are the ones who played with nature. I could cycle to the gym, but I drive my car.” I do the same. That is awareness. Yet when I wrote about climate injustice and Nepal’s devastating floods, climate sceptics rushed to troll me. Wake up, guys. Look at Nepal. Glaciers destabilise. Rivers rage. Mountains collapse. Communities disappear within minutes. We cut forests, carve mountains, pollute rivers, burn fossil fuels and heat the atmosphere, then call the consequences “natural disasters.” Nature is not separate from us. Imagine damaging your lungs, blood and kidneys every day, then acting surprised when your body reacts. That is what we are doing to the planet. And the cruelest part? #Nepal contributed almost nothing to the climate crisis, yet Nepalis are paying for it with lives, homes and livelihoods. This is not only climate change. This is climate injustice. #ClimateJustice #NepalFloods #Nepal #ClimateChange