Kathmandu, Aug 18: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Arzu Rana Deuba has called for collective efforts at the global-level to address a growing impact of climate change, a borderless sphenomenon threating human civilisation.
Addressing an inaugural session of the Hindu Kush Himalaya Parliamentarians’ Meet 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal today, Dr Rana said, “Climate change is a common concern against human civilization. It goes beyond any specific boundary, geography, or political party. So, a solution must be found.”
She urged everyone to act and play their crucial roles in addressing the crisis and other challenges like biodiversity loss, and air quality degradation by making laws, mobilising resources, and holding the government accountable.
Citing a recent report by the 2025 World Meteorological Organisation that global temperature has reached 1.5 degrees’ threshold for the first time, she stressed the need for resolving the problem through rapid decarbonization efforts , long-term cost reductions, and the achievement of sustainable development goals.
She noted that the recent judgment of the International Court of Justice has made states legally responsible to protect climate, reduce emissions, combat its serious impacts and prevent transboundary hazards.
Referring to the recent floods in India, Pakistan and Nepal claiming many lives, leaving many more missing and destroying infrastructures, she said that the Hindu Kush Himalayan region is highly vulnerable to the climate change consequences.
Stating that Nepal is most vulnerable country dealing with earthquakes, melting glaciers, erratic rainfall, loss of biodiversity, floods and landslides, she rued that the country has to suffer a lot despite contributing the least to contribution to carbon emissions. She demanded climate justice for the country. She recalled the first edition of the “The Sagarmatha Sambaad” held in Kathmandu last May, where leaders, thinkers and policymakers from around the world gathered and issued a 25-point roadmap for the mitigation of climate change. rss #nepal
