Kathmandu, Nov 26: Minister for Forests and Environment Ain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri has said the coordination among the stakeholders is essential to address climate change issues.
Inaugurating the Conference on Circular Economy in Nepal and Transformation Toward a Sustainable Future organized by the Wildlife Conservation Nepal (WCN) today, the Minister stressed on the need of collaborative and coordinated efforts to resist climate crisis.
Floods, landslides, inundations, avalanches, glacial lake outburst, snow melting, depletion of water resources, excessive rains and drought, the consequences of climate change are to have a great impact on the world’s economy and collective measures are need to minimize climate impacts.
He utilized the forum to say that Nepal during the recent COP29 held in Baku of Azerbaijan amplified its voices against climate change impacts, advocating for the solutions.
WCN senior programme officer Subhash Chandra Kharel said that the event will conclude tomorrow, Wednesday.
The Conference aims to provide a shared platform to the government agencies, private sector, civil society and academia to collaborate for the promotion of practices for circular economy and share experiences.
It will also see panel discussions on various topics amidst the participation of government representatives and the representatives from donor agencies, various organisations, circular economy-based entrepreneurs, youth industrialists, students, journalists, environmentalist and social workers. RSS #Nepal
