Nepal is asking the world for help. After a series of deadly floods hit the country, the government says it is time for rich nations that pollute a lot to pay their fair share.

Nepal calls this "climate justice." The idea is simple: big, wealthy countries put the most pollution into the air. This pollution warms up the planet. That warming causes wild weather, like the massive floods Nepal is dealing with now. Nepal is saying they shouldn’t have to pay to fix damage caused by other people's pollution.

These floods were not just bad luck. Scientists are looking at how climate change made them much worse. It is often hard to say exactly how much global warming causes one specific flood, but experts agree that a warmer planet makes these disasters happen more often and hit harder.

One big problem is that disasters like these are hard to predict. For example, some floods in the Himalayas are caused by glaciers collapsing. A glacier is a giant block of ice on a mountain. When it gets too warm, those blocks can break apart and send rushing water down into villages. Predicting exactly when and where that will happen is very difficult.

Nepal is now taking this message to global meetings. They want the world to wake up. They are telling big polluters that it is time to take responsibility for the disaster their habits are causing in places like Nepal.

The country is hoping that this new push for "climate compensation" will lead to actual money. They need these funds to rebuild homes, repair roads, and protect their people from the next big storm.

Source: Reuters