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Paudel closed his address by recalling Nepal’s history of confronting earthquakes, floods, landslides and pandemics with courage and determination.

Restrictions on education and freedoms, combined with chronic poverty and lack of future opportunities, have fuelled high levels of distress.

The coming months will see intensive stakeholder engagement, infrastructure planning and institutional strengthening.

For the thousands still waiting, progress measured in interviews completed or payments disbursed feels painfully slow.

In a heating world, communities on the climate frontline cannot be left waiting years for the resources they need to survive.

Rights groups continue to press for transparent investigations, reconstruction where warranted, and stronger safeguards so that historic places of worship are not erased regardless of the current demographic composition of surrounding communities.

Low-income households, which spend a disproportionate share of income on basic staples, face the greatest risk.

Every fraction of a degree and every year avoided above 1.5°C matters for lives, ecosystems, economies and the feasibility of recovery.