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October 1st, 2010
Experts Call for Greater Global Support for Nepal’s Mountain Initiative

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The two-day International Expert Consultation Meeting: Mountain Initiative on Climate Change organised by the Government of Nepal Ministry of Environment (MoE) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) on 23-24 September 2010 in Kathmandu concluded with a clarion call for greater global support and partnership to protect mountain ecosystems and their services from the growing impacts of climate and associated global changes. The gathering of more than 40 experts from 16 mountain countries, including major Himalayan countries and other stakeholders, concluded on Friday. After two days of intensive sharing and discussions on the latest information about the impacts of climate change on the world’s mountains, the experts developed a set of recommendations to the proposed Ministerial Conference of the Mountain Countries on Climate Change, future UNFCCC negotiations, the Rio+20 conference, and related international events beyond 2012. The experts agreed on the following: Read More

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