How Nepal blew a chance to voice its climate concerns

COP27 was an opportunity to draw the world’s attention to losses wrought by climate change in Nepal. The country’s delegation was unprepared.

In the third week of November, when ministers and high-ranking officials from around the world were grappling with climate change negotiations at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Uma Regmi, the Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens, who was representing Nepal at the conference, left Sharm El-Sheikh and went on a holiday to Cairo.