COP-28 kicks off with call to accelerate collective climate action
The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-28) has kicked off on Thursday with a call to expedite the collective climate action.
THE HAGUE, Nov 13: Tens of thousands of people took part in a march through Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands on Sunday, calling for action to tackle the challenges of climate change.
An estimated 85,000 people participated in the demonstration, according to organizers.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Sep 26: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Monday launched its Climate Action Plan (CAP), which it refers to as "a milestone" in its ongoing commitment to combatting climate change.
Designed to guide the AIIB's climate ambiti
The World Bank Group has urged Nepal for comprehensive and scaled-up climate action so that climate change will not continue to jeopardize gains in Nepal’s human development and poverty reduction.
Indra Maya Tamang waters her farm in Kavre. She is a participant of agricultural and entrepreneurship training provided by UN Women with Finland’s support. Photo: UN WOMEN/MERIT MAHARJAN epal is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change. Himalayan glaciers are melting at an exceptional rate, threatening the lives and […]
Tilicho Lake in Manang. The SAARC member states are among the countries most at risk from effects of climate change, yet a regional approach to tackle the issue is lacking. Photo: RSS t the 18th SAARC Summit in Kathmandu in 2014, member countries committed to work together against climate change, and raise a collective voice at […]
eopolitical and economic rivalry between China and the United States, the world’s two largest carbon emitters, distracted delegates at the COP26 Climate Summit from finding ways to help poorer countries address the climate crisis. The needs of countries like Nepal, which are trying to adapt to melting mountains, erratic monsoons, droughts and floods, were therefore sidelined. With […]
Photos: BRITISH EMBASSY s the UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Girls’ Education, I am lucky enough to meet girls and governments in many different countries. Last week I was delighted to visit Nepal to learn more about the challenges, and solutions, to increase girls’ education in response to the school closures because of the […]
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