Cooling Amid Warming

In his address to the 28th Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP28) Dubai early this month, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda had successfully drawn the attention of the international community to the devastating impact of climate change on Himalayas. In his opening lines, he had struck the right chord: mountains are tortured by rising temperatures. The PM’s remark has been substantiated by a number of scientific research. A recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states that the climate-induced disasters are breaking records in the Himalayas. One-third of our glaciers have disappeared and another one-third is feared to be lost by the end of this century. The loss of snow-capped mountains at an alarming rate is a wake-up call to not only Nepal but also all of global community.