Nepal is demanding $20m in climate compensation for the recent devastating floods, as a senior minister called on the world’s most polluting countries to “wake up” and accept shared responsibility for a disaster that led to the death or disappearance of more than 6,000 people.(尼泊尔要求2000万美元气候赔偿，同时部长呼吁污染国觉醒并承担责任。)
尼泊尔正要求为近期毁灭性洪水提供2000万美元的气候赔偿，与此同时，一位高级部长呼吁世界上污染最严重的国家“觉醒”，为这场导致6000多人死亡或失踪的灾难承担共同责任。
Scientists believe the climate crisis had a role to play in the floods, which were triggered when a melting glacier partially collapsed and set off a deadly landslide and flash flooding through Chinese-controlled Tibet and Nepal in late August.(科学家认为气候危机在洪水中起作用，洪水由冰川坍塌引发。) So far, more than 1,300 are confirmed dead(确认死亡) and more than 5,500 still missing, with hopes of their survival diminished(生还希望渺茫) after 12 days of rescue operations.
科学家认为，气候危机在这些洪水中起了一定作用。这些洪水是由冰川融化部分坍塌引发的，并在8月下旬引发了穿越中国控制的西藏和尼泊尔的致命山体滑坡和山洪。到目前为止，已有1300多人确认死亡，5500多人仍失踪，经过12天的救援行动，他们生还的希望已经渺茫。
Speaking to the Guardian, Nepal’s foreign minister, Shisir Khanal, was forthright(直率的、直言不讳的) in his call for climate justice(气候正义) and said it was imperative(必要的、紧急的) the world’s biggest economies stepped up(加紧、加强) to help Nepal recover and rebuild after the catastrophic(灾难性的) floods.
尼泊尔外交部长希希尔·卡纳尔在接受《卫报》采访时，直言不讳地呼吁气候正义，并表示世界最大经济体必须加紧行动，帮助尼泊尔在灾难性洪水后恢复和重建。