A Regional Climate Conference titled “Kathmandu to Copenhagen” is underway this week in Kathmandu, bringing together Ministers, high level officials, climate change experts, and key civil society members around the theme of climate change and the South Asian Himalayas.
Nepal represents one of the iconic examples of climate vulnerability with threats posed by the melting glaciers of the Himalayas and impacts that transcend political boundaries. Its geographic location in the Himalayan headwaters of many of the region’s major river systems provide it with strategic climate change adaptation opportunities, to monitor and regulate river flows.
Speaking in about the conference, Richard Damania, Lead Environmental Economist at the World Bank said South Asia faces daunting climate-related development challenges. “The impacts of higher temperatures, more variable precipitation, and increased occurrence of extreme weather events are already being felt in the region,” he said.
Nepal represents one of the iconic examples of climate vulnerability with threats posed by the melting glaciers of the Himalayas and impacts that transcend political boundaries. Its geographic location in the Himalayan headwaters of many of the region’s major river systems provide it with strategic climate change adaptation opportunities, to monitor and regulate river flows.
Speaking in about the conference, Richard Damania, Lead Environmental Economist at the World Bank said South Asia faces daunting climate-related development challenges. “The impacts of higher temperatures, more variable precipitation, and increased occurrence of extreme weather events are already being felt in the region,” he said.
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