Climate Diplomacy

Nepal has completed all preparations to hold Sagarmatha Sambaad in Kathmandu from May 16 to 18, with the theme of ‘Climate Change, Mountain and the Future of Humanity.’ Also known as Everest Dialogue, the mega event on the impacts of and solutions to climate change is the first of its kind in Nepal, organised to draw the attention of the international community. The Himalayan nation is bearing the brunt of disproportionate consequences of climate change triggered by the rising temperature. Its mountain ecology, farming and food systems are under constant threat as shiny mountains are losing snow at an alarming rate. The current situation has emerged as the industrial nations failed to act with urgency to limit the average global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius as determined by the Paris Agreement.