Kathmandu. Experts have stressed the need to develop micro-surveillance mechanisms in the mountainous region, saying the intensity is increasing rapidly. At the ongoing Sagarmatha Dialogue in Kathmandu, experts stressed the need to improve surveillance, saying that with the intensification of climate-related events in the mountainous region, nature is also becoming different.
They argue that one problem seen in the upper coastal region leads to another problem has added to the challenge of risk management in the area. Dr Arun Bhakta Shrestha, climate and environmental risk expert at ICIMOD, who has been working in the mountainous region, stressed the need to pay special attention to the mountainous region at a time when the rate of climate-related events is increasing.
He stressed the need for recording data of mountainous areas to expand access to the Fund for Responding Loss and Damage.
He said, “The intensity of risk is increasing in the mountainous region. Frequency is also on the rise. Its character has also changed and the risks of originating from a slightly higher mountainous region are increasing and it has also created other risks in the lower part. One trigger has been found to carry a series of other hazards. We have found that the overall risk is increasing, including the structure. Greenhouse gas emissions are to minimize and reduce the impact. It is not enough to increase resilience and adopt resistance. ‘
“There are limits to adaptation and mitigation. Therefore, there are different types of harm, so it has to be looked at separately. It has moved forward with the belief that it should have its own funds. The availability of world-class funds is very low. Contributions to the fund are also low. The technical aspect of this is also not clear. Therefore, in the coming days, vulnerable countries like ours should unite and take our case forward. The availability of funds is minimal. That’s the biggest limitation. The case should be taken from the perspective of climate justice. But it’s been a long journey,” he said.
Deepak KC, climate change and resilient expert at the United Nations Development Programme, stressed the need to prioritize internal preparedness and data collection to expand access to funds of Hani and Nokshani FRLD.
Speaking at the loss and damage session, the Executive Director of the Fund for Responding Loss and Damage also suggested Nepal to move ahead by making cases rather than being too confused about the subject matter and pointed out the need to invest in data recording.
He said that it would be understood that the government has given a separate identity by moving the issue of loss and damage in the third NDC by keeping a separate chapter, adding that it would confirm our need to increase access to loss and damage fund.
“We have to be innovative. We need to work on expanding frld’s access to funds and connecting them with other funds. At the same time, other support partners who can bring in and implement funds should also be sought and the country has to take the lead. But he also took some limitations with Nepal as a challenge. We don’t have the data to say it’s caused by climate change. ’
On the occasion, climate activist Purnima Shrestha also showed video material from Dingboche of Solukhumbu on the risk of climate-related disasters seen in the mountainous region. He has been studying the incident at the base camp for a long time.
Similarly, during the Sagarmatha Sambad, activist Shrestha made a presentation on the impact of climate change from Dingboche village in the Sagarmatha region. During the conversation with Shrestha, the locals said that the environment is deteriorating day by day due to climate change and the ‘ice fruit’ has decreased four to five times in the mountainous region.
In the message, he expressed concern that the existence of the mountains in the mountainous region would be in danger if the snow melted in this way. He was still at the base camp.
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