Environment Minister Mahato calls for nature-based solutions to tackle climate challenges

Minister for Forests and Environment Dr Birendra Prasad Mahato has stressed the need for adopting measures of solutions based on nature to address climate change challenges.

He made this statement at the Nepal pavilion on the sidelines of the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in UAE.

Speaking at an interaction with the theme of ‘Building Blocks of Climate Ambition: People, Nature and Action’ organised by the National Trust for Nature Conservation in coordination with the Ministry of Forests and Environment of Nepal, the minister said, “To tackle climate change challenges, it is necessary to protect nature with the active participation of the local community through the community-based approach. It was a moment of happiness that the local level was always effortful in this regard while strengthening the equal approach. Additional financial resources need to be brought to increase the efficiency of all stakeholders and strengthen climate works.”

Similarly, for solutions based on nature, Dr Popular Gentle, development management expert and climate advisor to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, called for making the local level efficient and the effective implementation of the related policies and programmes.

The ministry secretary Dr Dipak Kumar Khanal informed about efforts of the government in seeking solutions based on climate, while for dealing with climate change challenges, the Federal Parliament Secretariat secretary Dr Rojnath Pandey stressed the need for the country to focus on the resolution measures based on the nature in course of making laws.

The Trust member-secretary Sharadchandra Adhikari said the Trust was working to encourage and make the local level and communities efficient for solutions based on nature.