{"id":438538,"date":"2026-11-09T12:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T06:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=438538"},"modified":"2026-11-09T12:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T06:37:11","slug":"cop-31-climate-conference-begins-today-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/11\/09\/438538.html","title":{"rendered":"COP-31 climate conference begins today in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP-31, is beginning today in Antalya of Turkey, with Nepal set to highlight climate justice, mountain-related issues, loss and damage, and climate finance as its key priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conference will continue until November 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nepal has scheduled three major programmes for the opening day to draw international attention to the impacts of climate change on mountain regions and the need for increased climate finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The programmes will focus on scaling up climate finance, strengthening climate action from the mountains to the seas, and mobilising financial resources to build the resilience of mountain communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign Affairs Minister Shishir Khanal, who is leading the Nepali delegation, arrived in Antalya yesterday. He is scheduled to address the opening session of the conference today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the conference, Minister Khanal will also participate in a high-level programme on advancing the mountain agenda, focusing on glaciers, the cryosphere and climate resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise, Minister for Agriculture, Forests and Environment Geeta Chaudhary will lead the Nepali delegation during the second week of the conference, from November 15 to 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nepal will also highlight the human, economic and non-economic losses caused by the devastating floods and landslides in Rasuwa and surrounding districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Nepal contributes very little to global greenhouse gas emissions, it remains highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, Nepal has established its own national pavilion at the conference, where more than 40 side events are scheduled to showcase the country&#8217;s climate challenges and the experiences of affected communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bilateral memorandum of understanding on carbon trading between Nepal and South Korea is also scheduled to be signed during the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conference will bring together world leaders, government representatives and climate experts to discuss global climate action, adaptation, climate finance and other pressing environmental challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World Leaders Summit is scheduled for November 11 and 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nepal has scheduled three major programmes for the opening day to draw international attention to the impacts of climate change on mountain regions and the need for increased climate finance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":438016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-438538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438540,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438538\/revisions\/438540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438538"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=438538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}