Climate Fears Haunt Nepal's Youth After Deadly Floods

Alina B.K. should have been studying for her university exams. Instead, the 21-year-old forestry student kept returning to one troubling question: what kind of future awaits her? Floods along the Nepal–Tibet border have brought death and destruction. For Alina, who coordinates the Pokhara network of Nepalese Youth for Climate Action, the news made it hard to focus on her books. "With the floods and deaths happening around us, it is really..." she said, describing how the disaster deepened her fears about a changing climate.