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Strengthening Human and Social Development in Climate Justice

Ram Kumar Bhattarai Kathmandu, Dec 4: The COP30 Global Climate Action Agenda outcome report, released on 21 November 2025, represents an important turning point in global climate governance. The conference, which took place in Belém, Brazil, from 10–21 November 2025, brought together world leaders, including Nepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel. As

Sagarmatha Sambaad: An inspirational example for the world: Achim Steiner

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Mr Achim Steiner has stated that Nepal’s ambitious goal of achieving carbon neutrality

Inflation Targeting in an Age of Climate Change

Far from being an esoteric topic for academic economists to discuss among themselves, this is a serious practical challenge that

The 1.5°C Target for Global Warming Must Prevail

Even if governments meet all their existing climate pledges, the odds against global warming staying below 1.5°C are seven to

“Kathmandu Declaration: TOGETHER FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE”

The Kathmandu Declaration on Climate Justice calls for protection and addressing special and differential needs of the poor and vulnerable

At COP28, Cities Will Show Us the Way

Nation-states, presidents, and prime ministers – those are the players who garner the biggest headlines and the most media attention

COP28 Must Focus on the Climate-Fueled Health Crisis

Even with a global mean temperature increase of just under 2°C, annual heat-related deaths are projected to increase by 370%

Getting From Climate Pledges to Climate Action

The Paris climate agreement, concluded in 2015, has been instrumental in rallying countries around the world to commit to reducing

Is the Net-Zero Transition Endangering the Asian Century?

And at the end of April, more than 100 central bankers and regulators convened in Singapore to explore ways to

Can Democracy Survive the Polycrisis?

We are living in troubled times. Too much is happening too fast. People are confused. The Columbia University economic historian