Nepalβs Gen Z Is Taking on the Worldβs Polluters Over Climate Disasters NYT - World By: Hannah Beech and Sajal Pradhan 19 September 2026 at 04:01 The young government of Nepal, a nation with a tiny carbon footprint, is seeking reparations from the worldβs major economies as it bears the brunt of collapsing Himalayan glaciers. Β© Uma Bista for The New York TimesTashi Lhazom, a climate activist, meeting with a woman displaced by the floods, at a Buddhist monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.