How could resource exploitation accelerating climate crisis affect Nepal?
Nepal may face increased natural disasters and flooding from climate change Resource exploitation, including overharvesting forests, mining destructively for minerals, exploiting oil and gas, and overfishing, is identified as a source of climate pollution. This pollution contributes to Earth's climate change, which in turn directly causes natural disasters and flooding in Nepal. The continued expansion of polluting industries could encourage disaster for coming generations.
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A letter published in The Globe and Mail argues that the continued expansion of industries in Canada that pollute Earth's climate encourages environmental disaster. The author specifically cited concerns regarding overharvesting forests, destructive mining for minerals, oil and gas exploitation, and overfishing.
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Earth's climate change and glacial melt directly cause natural disasters and flooding in Nepal.
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The facts so far
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- Resource exploitation is identified as a source of climate pollution.theglobeandmail.com
- Polluting industries include overharvesting forests, mining destructively for minerals, exploiting oil and gas and overfishing.theglobeandmail.com
Why it matters
For Nepal, the risk is existential, as climate change and glacial melt are already known to directly cause natural disasters and flooding. The continued expansion of industries that pollute the Earth's climate could encourage disaster for coming generations, threatening the stability and safety of the country.
Globally, the debate centers on whether Canada and other nations will continue supporting and expanding industries that pollute the Earth’s climate for the next 40 years or so to gain money, despite the known consequences of overharvesting forests and mining destructively for minerals.
What we don't know yet
- What specific policies could mitigate the impact of resource exploitation on global climate patterns?
- How quickly will the rate of glacial melt in Nepal accelerate due to climate change?
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Reporting
- theglobeandmail.comYesterday
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