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Sunil Acharya

@sunilnpl.bsky.social
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Ecology and Economy, Climate and Capitalism, Politics and Policy

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Sunil Acharya @sunilnpl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In my opinion piece for Al Jazeera, I argue why the conversation on compensation and liability for Loss and Damage, ruled out by wealthy countries in the Paris climate deal a decade ago, can no longer be postponed. Read here: www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202... #Reparations #LossandDamage
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Recourse @re-course.org · 03/09/2026
ADB and AIIB were warned about climate risks at Nepal’s Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project, yet key assessments were still not carried out. As Recourse’s @sunilnpl.bsky.social tells @scroll.in: “There is a clear lapse of their own accountability duties.” Banks must be held accountable.
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Flood risks to Nepal hydropower project were known – but banks ignored them
Over 70 Indian workers have been rescued from the Upper Trishuli-1 project. Many are still missing.
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Sunil Acharya @sunilnpl.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis | my oped for @guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Kevin Smith @kevinjgsmith.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"This is why loss and damage finance is not charity – it is an obligation to people already paying the price." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis | Sunil Acharya
Nepalis and Tibetans must not pay the price – with their lives, livelihoods and money meant for education and health – for global heating caused by wealthy states, says Kathmandu-based climate policy ...
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John ‘the importance of ideas & information’ 🦋 @wjpme.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
@sunilnpl.bsky.social Excellent piece here. Thank you. You are absolutely spot on! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis | Sunil Acharya
Nepalis and Tibetans must not pay the price – with their lives, livelihoods and money meant for education and health – for global heating caused by wealthy states, says Kathmandu-based climate policy ...
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Recourse @re-course.org · 13/10/2025
The World Bank should be backing sustainable renewable energy systems that directly serve people — not false solutions. Read the recommendations in the latest briefing by the Banking on Renewables campaign 👉 bit.ly/BoRfalse #WBGMeetings #BankOnRenewables #Renewables @powershiftafrica.bsky.social
Pale green background, white and green text: "Shifting public finance from false solutions to truly just transition. Read the recommendations for multilateral development banks. bit.ly/BoRfalse¨
Collage of photos of coal, hydrogen, nuclear and hydropower projects. Banking on Renewables campaign logo in the corner.
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Recourse @re-course.org · 05/09/2025
Are World Bank Group guarantees really green? Its agency MIGA claims to have raised $3.54b in climate finance by de-risking private investments. But without banning gas, MIGA risks enabling banks like Santander to invest in climate-busting projects. 📽 Watch our campaigner Marj explain more
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Sunil Acharya @sunilnpl.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Spoke at last week's #CampaignHackathon by @actionaidnepal, NMES & YAN on how climate justice & decent work are linked. 🌍⚒️ Communities losing land, water & forests to climate impacts also face economic precarity. Justice must be collective. ✊🏽 #ClimateJustice #DecentWork
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Sunil Acharya @sunilnpl.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Fossil fuels, unfortunately, remain alluring for poor countries. But oil and gas are ultimately fool's gold. Read our latest opinion piece on why #Nepal's petroleum exploration gamble is risky on three fronts: ecological, economic, and geopolitical. fpif.org/nepals-hunt-... #justtransition
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Nepal’s Hunt for Oil: Energy Sovereignty or Risky Gamble? - FPIF
Fossil fuels unfortunately remain alluring for poorer countries, but oil and gas are ultimately just fool's gold.
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Sunil Acharya @sunilnpl.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
South and Southeast Asian countries, find themselves increasingly locked in fossil fuels thanks to Japan, one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel investors, influencing their energy policies. energytracker.asia/japan-influe... #EndFossilFuels #FossilFuelPhaseOut
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Japan-influenced Strategies Trap Asian Nations in Fossil Fuels
Japan's significant investments in fossil fuels are shaping energy policies in South and Southeast Asian nations.
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Sunil Acharya @sunilnpl.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
**Air Pollution: A Silent Epidemic in Asia** Air pollution is the leading environmental risk factor for poor health in Asia. Across the region, millions are routinely exposed to air pollution levels far exceeding World Health Organization guidelines. www.stateofglobalair.org/resources/re...
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Oxfam in Asia @oxfaminasia.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The richest 1% in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East capture 20% of all income—almost twice the share of Europe’s top 1%. Global South continues to be home to the world's most unequal countries. Solution is simple: #TaxtheRich. The world's elite at #WEF in #Davos are you listening? #FightInequality
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Sunil Acharya @sunilnpl.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Tackling the unequal impacts of climate crisis requires making rick polluters pay. I spoke to Eco-Business on its importance and other wise ranging issues on climate justice. Read it here; www.eco-business.com/news/oxfam-a... #ClimateJustice #MakeRichPollutersPay
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Oxfam Asia doubles down on questioning multilateral banks' pursuit of private climate finance
Sunil Acharya, Oxfam’s policy and campaigns coordinator for Asia, tells Eco-Business why he thinks the greater use of guarantees to mobilise financing in the private sector is problematic, especially ...
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Andrew Ahern @andrewonearth.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
The World Weather Attribution has sobering findings: “Climate change contributed to the deaths of at least 3,700 people & the displacement of millions. The number of people killed in extreme weather this year is likely in the hundreds of thousands.“ www.worldweatherattribution.org/when-risks-b...
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When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather In 2024 – World Weather Attribution
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Sunil Acharya @sunilnpl.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🌏 Reflections on Climate Resilience Exchange Week (CREX Week) in Beijing What role can collaboration play in building a climate-resilient Asia? A thread 🧵 (1/)
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Sunil Acharya @sunilnpl.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The issue isn’t a lack of understanding—it's a deliberate avoidance of responsibility by rich polluters. #ClimateJustice #ICJ"
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World Dengue Day @worlddengueday.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
In #Nepal, climate change is shadowed by two decades of surging #dengue | Nepal recorded its first, lone case of dengue in 2004. Twenty years later, major outbreaks land each and every monsoon www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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In Nepal, climate change is shadowed by two decades of surging dengue
Nepal recorded its first, lone case of dengue in 2004. Twenty years later, major outbreaks land each and every monsoon.
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Sunil Acharya @sunilnpl.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Making Just Energy Transition a Reality: One School and One Community at a Time 🌍 The failure of global leadership to address #ClimateCrisis is disheartening, but hope thrives in grassroots projects challenging status quo. Here’s how a small village in Nepal is weaving a #JustTransition. 🧵
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Sunil Acharya @sunilnpl.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
The Colossal Fraud Sealed at #COP29Baku Once again, wealthy nations have shown that their profits come before people’s lives. Under pressure, poorer countries were pushed into a so-called $300 billion ‘deal’ that is effectively a death sentence for millions of people. 1/4
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Julie-Anne Richards @jar-climate.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Second last day at #COP29 = new text: - after 3 years of negotiating a #climatefinance goal rich countries have no $$$ on the table 🤯 - rich countries block #LossAndDamage from #NCQG 😱 - rich countries want loans & carbon markets as finance 🤬 We have 1 day left. Time to get real rich countries!
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RadReduction (Larry Edwards) @radreduction.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
It's good to see you on Bsky, Sunil, and that you are getting this networking in.
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Sunil Acharya @sunilnpl.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
1/3. Away from the spotlight of #COP29Baku, I had a brief interaction in Colombo with journalists from across South and Southeast Asia, discussing the local impacts of global climate injustice.
Participating journalists in the Asia Media Forum 2024 in Colombo
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