Kathmandu, March 14: Minister for Forests and Environment Ain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri has called attention of the world community to the impact of climate change.
Minister Shahi, who is in London in the United Kingdom to participate in the Ministerial Roundtable on Tackling Water Security across the Climate-Nature-Development Nexus, drew attention of the global community to the impacts of climate change.
He reached London on Thursday to attend the Ministerial Roundtable organised by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
He attended a Water and Climate Reception hosted by King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening, according to the Nepali Embassy in the UK. Earlier on Thursday, Minister Shahi delivered his remarks with Nepal’s approaches in water security at the Ministerial Roundtable.
The event was attended by the Ministers from several countries impacted by climate change and water insecurity, experts of water security, climate change and nature, and representatives from several international organizations such as the World Bank, UNEP, UNICEF, IFAD, and the Global Commission on the Economics of Water.
In his address, the Minister highlighted the initiatives taken up by the Government of Nepal in the face of life-threatening challenges posed by climate change in Nepal’s ecosystems and livelihood, with varying severity to people living in diverse topographies.
On the occasion, he shared about the ‘Sagarmatha Sambaad’ (Everest Dialogue), a global dialogue undertaken by the Government of Nepal to have a multistakeholder interaction with different perspectives the first episode of which will be held on 16-18 May 2025 in Kathmandu under the theme of ‘climate change, mountains and the future of humanity’.
The Minister also underscored Nepal’s strong initiatives to echo voices and harness support toward addressing the issues of climate change in the Himalayan region. At the end of the Roundtable, Minister Shahi handed over an official invitation from Dr Arzu Rana Deuba, Minister for Foreign Affairs, to Ms Baroness Chapman, Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean of the FCDO to participate in the Dialogue.
He also extended his invitation to Miss Ruth Davis, UK Special Representative for Nature, for the same. Ambassador of Nepal to the United Kingdom, Chandra Kumar Ghimire, accompanied the Minister in both the events.
Minister Shahi will join an event, in presence of the representatives of the Npali diaspora, organized by the Embassy this evening, the Embassy of Nepal stated. He is scheduled to depart for Kathmandu on Saturday, 15 March 2025.
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