Nepal should see climate change as an opportunity

Eighteen years since the signing of the CPA, no one believes Nepal will go back to war. And that is the number one criteria for success.

Erik Solheim has held senior portfolios with the Norwegian government, including as its Minister of International Development. He has also served as the UN Under-Secretary-General. Currently, he is helping make China’s Belt and Road Initiative environmentally sustainable. Separately, in the early 2000s, Solheim had played the role of a mediator between Nepal’s warring Maoists and the mainstream political parties. Anil Giri and Durga Khanal caught up with the veteran Norwegian diplomat during his recent trip to Nepal.