The climate experts gathered from various countries at an international dialogue Nepal government organized viewed the mountain ecosystem was at the receiving end of climate change.
Addressing the two day dialogue on 'mountain, human and climate change', they viewed mountain region had witnessed rapid change in climates, thereby wreaking havoc.
The first session was addressed by Bangladeshi Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Sabar Hussain; associate dean at UN Climate Change Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), Harry Vreuls; former special envoy of Kyrgyz's President on mountains, Nurlan Aitmurzayev; and Australian Ambassador to Nepal, Felicity Volk.
In the same session, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha was the keynote speaker.
World's 40 percent people are depended on mountain water- for drinking water, irrigation, hydropower etc- which however is facing challenges owing to global rise in temperate.
The climate change has further caused extreme weather events to which Nepal is bearing the brunt. The international dialogue is held to foster debate and advocacy for global attention on mountain.
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