Stakeholders Suggest Practicality for National Climate Change Policy Draft
Summary
Stakeholders have urged the government to make the proposed National Climate Change Policy 2083 more practical, with clearer implementation arrangements, funding, and inter-agency coordination. They have also called for stronger provisions on climate justice, loss and damage, local government authority, and climate finance.
Key Points
- Stakeholders said the draft policy is comprehensive but will remain ineffective unless implementation details, resources, and coordination are clearly defined.
- Participants demanded that climate justice, loss and damage, local government roles, and climate finance be mainstreamed in the policy.
- Pragya Sherchan said the policy should include a clear national-level mechanism to enforce the 'polluters pay' principle and ensure meaningful participation of gender-diverse communities.
- Experts and officials also called for evidence-based damage assessment, stronger support for local governments, and climate education from the school level.
