Nepali Congress MP Ranjit Karna Highlights Climate Change Impact and Calls for Action

Kathmandu. Nepali Congress MP Ranjit Karna has stated that Nepal is suffering the brunt of climate change but the government has failed to claim compensation. Speaking in a special time during the National Assembly meeting on Thursday, Karna urged the Prime Minister to move forward unitedly, stating that climate justice is not Nepal's private issue but a matter of national concern.

MP Karna said that Nepal, which contributes negligibly to the world's temperature rise, is paying a high price for the effects of climate change. 'There is a Nepali proverb – poison not eaten does not harm. But Nepal has been harmed by poison not eaten,' he said, 'We are paying the price of climate change through the lives of our citizens, washed-away bridges, destroyed houses, ruined hydropower projects, and lost arable land.'