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Mountains Need Action, Not Just Dialogue
Nepal’s experience at COP31 shows the gap between global climate commitments and the financial support available to vulnerable countries. At Antalya, Türkiye, world leaders are discussing the shift...
COP31 and the limits of climate diplomacy
When delegates arrive in Antalya on November 9, they will enter a world quite unlike the one that produced the Paris Agreement. As wars, tariffs and fractured alliances crowd the agenda, COP31 will...
Nepal finally found its voice at the UN
Comparing four prime ministers’ UN speeches shows Balendra Shah broke an old habit at exactly the right moment—but the real test is still ahead, at COP31. Every September, Nepal gets about 15 minu...
Climate crisis outrunning world: UN Secretary-General calls for faster global action
ANTALYA, Nov 12: “Our first climate duty is to tell the truth. The brutal truth is that the climate crisis is outrunning us,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said while addressing the COP31 L...
‘We do not need sympathy; climate finance is our right’
The 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) is scheduled to take place in Türkiye from November 9 to 20, bringing renewed attention to the growing climate crisis and its disproportion...
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How Nepal can lead the global climate charge at UNGA 81 and beyond
From building global alliances at UNGA 81 to rallying vulnerable nations for COP31, former assistant secretary-general of the UN outlines a roadmap for urgent climate action and financing. Prime M...
Climate crisis outrunning world: UN Secretary-General calls for faster global action
ANTALYA, Nov 12: “Our first climate duty is to tell the truth. The brutal truth is that the climate crisis is outrunning us,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said while addressing the COP31 L...
Parliamentary committee calls for results-oriented Nepal participation at COP31
Kathmandu, October 28 A parliamentary special committee has stressed the need to make Nepal’s participation in the upcoming COP31 climate conference results-oriented, with a focus on climate justi...
Harjeet Singh slams developed nations over failure to put Himalayan agenda on COP31 table
ANTALYA, Nov 12: As the COP31 presidency declined to include Nepal and Bhutan’s proposal on Himalayan climate vulnerability in the conference’s formal agenda, leading climate activist Harjeet Singh...
Harjeet Singh slams developed nations over failure to put Himalayan agenda on COP31 table
ANTALYA, Nov 12: As the COP31 presidency declined to include Nepal and Bhutan’s proposal on Himalayan climate vulnerability in the conference’s formal agenda, leading climate activist Harjeet Singh...
'Grant-based climate finance imperative for just energy transition'
ANTALYA, Nov 11: The need to ensure grant-based and accessible climate finance for a just energy transition was stressed at the ongoing COP31.
'Grant-based climate finance imperative for just energy transition'
ANTALYA, Nov 11: The need to ensure grant-based and accessible climate finance for a just energy transition was stressed at the ongoing COP31.
Nepal's Himalayan climate agenda falls short at COP31
KATHMANDU, Nov 10: Nepal's diplomatic push to secure a dedicated place for the Himalayan climate crisis in global climate negotiations has fallen short at COP31, with the conference presidency opti...
Nepal's Himalayan disaster takes centre stage at COP31 climate talks
ANTALYA, TURKIYE, Nov 9: Nepal's Himalayan disaster featured prominently in the opening statements at COP31, with COP30 President André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary ...
World's climate pledges would cut emissions a tenth of what's needed: UN
WASHINGTON, Oct 27: The latest climate pledges put forth by nations will cut global greenhouse gas emissions just six percent by 2035, a UN report said Tuesday, weeks before COP31 talks in Turkey.
Climate advocates demand action after deadly floods
BANGKOK, Oct 12: Climate advocates and journalists from South and Southeast Asia have called for COP31 to prioritise Nepal’s recent flood disaster, demanding increased climate finance, stronger ada...