Prime Minister Balen Shah Addresses UN General Assembly on Climate Change
Summary
Prime Minister Balendra Shah urged the UN General Assembly to treat climate change as an urgent global crisis, warning that Nepal is suffering severe floods, glacier loss and major destruction despite contributing less than 0.1% of global emissions. He proposed a Nepal-India-China Himalayan Climate Resilience Mechanism and called for stronger climate finance, compensation and disaster recovery support.
Key Points
- Prime Minister Balen Shah addressed the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and pressed world leaders to act on climate change.
- He said Nepal is suffering severe climate damage despite its tiny share of global emissions, and argued that climate justice must be implemented in practice.
- Shah proposed a 'Himalaya Climate Resilience Mechanism' involving Nepal, India and China to improve monitoring, early warning and cross-border disaster response.
- He called for more grant-based climate finance, compensation for losses, and a global shift away from war spending toward food security and human development.
