Climate change threat brings mountain countries together
Threat posed by global warming and the need to have a collective voice in climate change negotiations have brought mountain countries from across the world to one platform.
Threat posed by global warming and the need to have a collective voice in climate change negotiations have brought mountain countries from across the world to one platform.
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Representatives from government and organization from over two dozen countries having peaks with heights of 4,000 metres or more have gathered here to deliberate on the way ahead.
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Initiated by Nepal government, the two-day conference will discuss effects of climate change on 25% of land Earth's surface covered by mountains and nearly 13% world population residing there.
The objective is to promote concerns of mountain countries within UNFCCC process, draw global attention to the threat, seek solutions and adopt a Kathmandu Call for Action.
Terming climate change as the greatest threat facing humankind, Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav said that mountain nations are experiencing disproportionate effects of it.
"We have a lot to learn from each other's experience. The climate change clock is ticking and we have little time to adapt,” he said while inaugurating the conference on Thursday.
There is a feeling among mountain countries that their concerns are not being addressed effectively in UNFCCC deliberations and hence there was need for such a collective initiative.
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"It is high time the contribution of mountains to development is recognized. It is only when we are united, we will be heard,” said Festus Bagoora from National Environment Management Authority (Uganda).
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"It is high time the contribution of mountains to development is recognized. It is only when we are united, we will be heard,” said Festus Bagoora from National Environment Management Authority (Uganda).
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To mark the occasion, the Nepal Climate Change Support Programme, a Euro 16.5 million project that aims to reduce vulnerability of two million people residing in mid and far-west Nepal was launched.
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