Call For Climate Justice

The 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) kicked off on Monday in Antalya, Türkiye, with 196 countries and the European Union attending to discuss the global climate crisis. For least developed countries like Nepal, the global climate summit is more than a diplomatic gathering.

It is an important platform to demand climate justice, secure adequate financial resources and draw international attention to the growing threats facing the Himalayas. Standing alongside other Global South nations, Nepal has emerged as a vocal advocate for climate justice, calling on wealthy, high-emitting countries to scale up climate finance and provide dedicated funding to address loss and damage in vulnerable regions.

From the beginning, the Nepali delegation has asked to put mountain issues at the centre of global climate discussions. They also highlighted how rising temperatures, melting glaciers and increasingly extreme weather events are threatening Himalayan ecosystems and the communities dependent on them.