Kathmandu, Aug 18: President of the Agriculture, Cooperates and Natural Resources Committee, the Federal Parliament, Kusum Devi Thapa, has echoed the need for combined efforts to cope with impacts of climate change.
During her address to an inaugural session of the Hindu Kush Himalaya Parliamentarians’ Meet 2025 in Kathmandu, today, Thapa was of the view that consequences of climate change have posted threats to the entire human civilisation and the natural resources on the Earth.
The growing biodiversity degradation, air pollution and incidents of natural disasters have directly affected a wide range of human life with their implications on economy, health, agriculture, tourism to energy sectors.
National politics, economy and regional cooperation also matter in the combating of climate change besides science and technologies, she said, underlining the need of deeper cooperation among the executive, legislation, judiciary and political-administrative sphere to resist the impacts of climate change.
The parliamentarians as their roles of policy makers and decision makers should further need to explore their knowledge and understandings on the climate science and climate change diplomacy.
According to her, the parliamentarians of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region are discussing about the establishment of the ‘regional climate change parliament’.
She further expressed her hope that the two-day regional event is expected to come with measures capable of enhancing the capacities of parliamentarians, promoting climate change diplomacy and biodiversity conservation and controlling the air pollution, with the strengthening of friendliness and cooperation among the participating nations.
