PM Balen Shah to Address UN General Assembly, Gandaki Province Proposes Climate Agenda

Pokhara. Prime Minister Balendra Shah (Balen) is scheduled to address the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, representing Nepal. After a long period of uncertainty, the Prime Minister has decided to attend the General Assembly in person. Having decided to participate, he had requested various provinces to send agendas detailing the problems they have faced. Gandaki Province has sent a 15-point climate agenda.Demands include establishing Himalayan climate justice as a principle of climate finance, creating dedicated climate finance for mountainous regions, placing loss and damage at the center of Himalayan climate diplomacy based on scientific evidence, strengthening locally...