MP Dhananjay Regmi Calls for Unified Data on Climate Change Impact
Summary
RSP MP Dr. Dhananjay Regmi has called for integrated and verified scientific data to present Nepal’s climate change damage more effectively on the international stage. He said Nepal needs a mechanism to combine scattered studies and evidence before raising loss-and-damage issues at the UN General Assembly and COP.
Key Points
- Dhananjay Regmi said Nepal must integrate scattered scientific studies to present a unified and reliable picture of climate change damage.
- He argued that Nepal should base its case on scientific evidence, not political slogans, when raising loss-and-damage issues at the UN and COP.
- Regmi said key indicators include temperature rise, glacier retreat, snow-cover changes, permafrost degradation, and changes in glacial lakes.
- He proposed a scientific mechanism to collect, verify, and classify research data, and suggested satellite imagery be used to assess damage from the Bhote Koshi event.
