The Nepal Weekly 
November 21, 2023
Addressing an event organized by the Nepal Mountaineering Association to hand over the peace torch at the base camp of the Sagarmatha on November 18, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahalin context to the upcoming COP28 and presentations of Nepal, mentioned that it is time to claim rights rather than supplication. He added that he would put forth Nepal’s views and stand on climate change impact straightforwardly in the global climate forum.
“Nepal does not pay the price for anything it has not been involved in, so those causing carbon emission must be more responsible and compensate through the climate fund,” PM Dahal stressed, adding that in the global climate event, Nepal claims rights not mere pleas for help.
A high-level delegation led by PM Dahal is scheduled to attend the COP28 being held in UAE from November 30 to December 12.
He will be addressing the high-level session at COP 28 on December 2. Significant issues such as climate finance, adaptation, transfer of mountaineering technology and capacity building, loss and damage, and climate empowerment would be raised in the address, according to him.
Climate finance, management of loss and damage fund, mountaineering issues, emission reduction, and inclusion are accorded top priority by the Nepal government this time.
The PM also recalled that the recent visit of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Khumbu region was a reminder to the world.
“Secretary-General Guterres reached Khumbu area and inspected the impacts of climate change as well as interacted with the people and people’s representatives, which is a significant contribution to globalize the problems of climate change facing this area”, he mentioned.
He also reminded his address at the 76th UNGA in New York which centered impacts of climate change in Nepal.
