The government – under the first ever Sagarmatha Dialogue – is going to host a conference on ‘Climate Change Mountains and Future of Humanity’ next April.
According to Foreign Ministry, the conference will be held on April 3-4 in Kathmandu. “It will be the first event under the government's flagship conference,” informed foreign minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali today. “The event will witness deliberation on the impact of climate change.”
Named after the highest peak of the world, Mt Everest – Sagarmatha Sambad or Sagarmatha Dialogue – the forum this year will dwell on climate change issue. The government has expedited preparations to host the conference.
“As part of preparations, the ministry is holding a national consultation seminar on September 18 with stakeholders in the capital,” he said, adding that the forum will be utilised to put forth Nepal's voices on the international arena. “A steering committee under the leadership of foreign minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has already been formed to intensify preparations for holding Sagarmatha Dialogue.”
The forum will be held every two years on the issued based on need of the country. The government will share its problems and hear problems of other countries in the first dialogue and also discuss the impacts of climate change on the mountains and role of various stakeholders on the issue, informed foreign secretary Shanker Das Bairagi. “The launch of such international forum for debate is expected to help enhance Nepal's image at the international level while providing Nepal an opportunity to voice its concerns to the outer world.”
Nepal – house of eight out of the 14 world's heights peaks in the world – has been expressing concerns over impacts of climate change on its mountains in different international forums including at the UN.
Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli had pushed an idea for launching Nepal's own forum for dialogue after he participated in the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland in January.
According to Foreign Ministry, the conference will be held on April 3-4 in Kathmandu. “It will be the first event under the government's flagship conference,” informed foreign minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali today. “The event will witness deliberation on the impact of climate change.”
Named after the highest peak of the world, Mt Everest – Sagarmatha Sambad or Sagarmatha Dialogue – the forum this year will dwell on climate change issue. The government has expedited preparations to host the conference.
“As part of preparations, the ministry is holding a national consultation seminar on September 18 with stakeholders in the capital,” he said, adding that the forum will be utilised to put forth Nepal's voices on the international arena. “A steering committee under the leadership of foreign minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has already been formed to intensify preparations for holding Sagarmatha Dialogue.”
The forum will be held every two years on the issued based on need of the country. The government will share its problems and hear problems of other countries in the first dialogue and also discuss the impacts of climate change on the mountains and role of various stakeholders on the issue, informed foreign secretary Shanker Das Bairagi. “The launch of such international forum for debate is expected to help enhance Nepal's image at the international level while providing Nepal an opportunity to voice its concerns to the outer world.”
Nepal – house of eight out of the 14 world's heights peaks in the world – has been expressing concerns over impacts of climate change on its mountains in different international forums including at the UN.
Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli had pushed an idea for launching Nepal's own forum for dialogue after he participated in the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland in January.
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