Key Takeaways:
- PM Balendra Shah proposed a Himalaya Climate Resilience Mechanism involving Nepal, India and China
- The mechanism would focus on satellite data sharing, glacier monitoring, early-warning systems and disaster response coordination
- Shah said Nepal contributes less than 0.1% of global greenhouse gas emissions but faces severe climate impacts
- He urged stronger international support based on relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction, responsibility, compensation and resilience
Prime Minister Balendra Shah has called for climate justice to move beyond commitments and declarations, urging the international community to provide greater support to countries such as Nepal that face disproportionate impacts from climate change despite contributing little to global greenhouse gas emissions.
Addressing the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Friday, Shah proposed the establishment of a Himalaya Climate Resilience Mechanism involving Nepal, India and China.
Under the proposal, the three countries would cooperate in sharing satellite data and scientific expertise, monitoring vulnerable glacial lakes, strengthening cross-border early-warning...