Kathmandu, Dec. 3
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda said that he had
emphasized the need to involve the young generation in the fight against the
effects of climate change while addressing programmes at the World Climate
Action Summit (COP28) of the United Nations Frame Convention on Climate Change
held in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from November 29 to December 3.
"I have also called on the world community to adhere to
the commitment to limit global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees," he
said while talking to journalists upon his arrival at the Tribhuvan
International Airport from the COP28 on Sunday evening.
He also emphasized that there should be no delay in
financial investment and the mobilisation of technology to address the problems
faced by least developed countries that are at risk of climate change.
PM Prachanda had informed the global community that Nepal
has submitted the second Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) in
accordance with the commitment of the Paris Agreement and has also prepared a
national adaptation plan.
Likewise, presenting the National Statement of Nepal, PM
Prachanda drew the attention of the international community to the fact that
even though Nepal's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions is negligible, it
is suffering the adverse effects of climate change unequally.
"It is unfair to Nepal, so it should have access to
climate finance and climate justice," he said.
He visited the Embassy of Nepal in Abu Dhabi on Thursday,
November 14 and instructed the mission to take coordinated initiatives to
attract investment from the UAE to Nepal.
The Prime Minister addressed the Nepal-Dubai Business Forum
jointly organised by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FNCCI) and Dubai Chambers in Dubai in coordination with the Nepali
Embassy where he called upon the UAE investors to invest in Nepal's priority
areas as there is a suitable environment for investment in Nepal. "High
officials of the UAE government present at the forum conveyed a positive
message regarding the possibility of cooperation between Nepal and the UAE in
the fields of trade and investment," said PM Prachanda.
During the programme, PM Prachanda met with Indian PM
Narendra Modi and the latter expressed concerns about the impacts of the
earthquake on the western region of Nepal and pledged necessary assistance to
the victims of the quake. An earthquake of 5.7 magnitude had hit Jajarkot and
Rukum West districts on November 3 and killed 157 people and damaged thousands
of houses.
Likewise, in the sidelines of the summit, PM Prachanda met
President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, who is also the president of G77 and
China, and talked about making the organisation effective as well as possible
bilateral relations between Nepal and Cuba.
Meanwhile, addressing the High-Level Roundtable on Call of
the Mountains: Who Saves us from the Climate Crisis?, he emphasised the need to
take immediate action to minimise the adverse effects of climate change on
mountainous countries like Nepal.
"Addressing the High-Level Roundtable as the key note
speaker, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, expressed
the view that the adverse effects of climate change should not be delayed since
the adverse effects of climate change are visible everywhere," PM
Prachanda informed.
Recalling his recent visit to Nepal, Secretary General
Guterres mentioned that he had seen with his own eyes the effects of climate
change on Nepal's mountains, and stressed that nations should work with
priority to help Nepal and protect mountains.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 4 December 2023.
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