Cooperation and collaboration imperative for sustainable solution to climate change: President Deuba

Patan (Lalitpur), July 22: Nepali Congress (NC) President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has stressed the need to ramp up coordination and collaboration for a sustainable solution to climate change.

He said this at a closing ceremony of the 30-day training programme on environment and climate change concerns organised by the NC Department of Environment and Climate Change Concerns at the party central office, Sanepa, Lalitpur, on the occasion of the 43rd BP Memorial Day. President Deuba asserted that the climate change solutions could not be limited to the allegations or argument of loss and damage compensation, highlighting the need for unity of the global community for its sustainable solutions.

“We should not merely hinge on foreign assistance for tackling the climate crisis but also need to fully utilise our resources, skills and potential”, he said, adding that Nepal should take the lead in expanding regional cooperation. “In the challenging context, we should enable multilateral diplomacy and encourage advanced countries to reduce carbon emissions”, Deuba noted.

Also speaking on the occasion, Minister for Forest and Environment Ain Bahadur Shahi and Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Ramnath Adhikari shared the government’s efforts to address the negative effects of climate change in the country.