Sarah Sapsanamma Rai is a broadcast journalist based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Her reporting focus is on climate change, development and gender issues. She has been in the media sector for over 12 years and proficiently reports in both Nepali and English languages. She is a proud recipient of the Reuters Fellowship for UN LDC5, the British Council Fellowship for Women Reporters on Climate Change and the Climate Change Reporting Fellowship by NEFEJ and Oxford Policy Management Nepal.
Watch The families in Nepal torn apart by deadly forest fires fueled by climate change produced and directed by CNN Academy participant Sarah Sapsanamma Rai. Filmed by Sheetal Shrestha, graphics by Nagesh Kandel. Seventeen people have lost their lives so far this year as forest fires rage across Nepal. Hotter and drier conditions caused by climate change have turned forests into tinderboxes ready to ignite.