Landscape picture of Imja lake with mounatains in the background

Nepal cannot afford to lose a step in the fight against climate change

UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific of UNDP, Kanni Wignaraja, visited Nepal last week. During her visit, she held meetings with key politicians, including Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha and Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun and interacted with policymakers and local communities, where she shared her concerns about the impact of climate change that Nepal is facing. Assistant Secretary-General Wignaraja also traveled to the Khumbu region in Solukhumbu to inspect glacial lakes at high risk of outburst, including Imja Lake, where the UNDP, together with the Government of Nepal and Global Environment Facility has worked to mitigate the risk.

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