INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 7Nepali Ambassador to the UK, Gyan Chandra Acharya, has appreciated the British support and
cooperation in various sectors of Nepal, including climate change and biodiversity conservation.
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Addressing a climate-focused panel discussion to mark the centenary of the signing of the 1923 Nepal-UK Treaty of Friendship at Royal
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh on October 5, Ambassador Acharya highlighted the significance of the 1923 Friendship treaty in biodiversity
conservation and climate change effects in Nepal
He also mentioned the special collaboration between the RBGE and Nepali institutions on research, capacity building, conservation and
development in recent times
Information on this was shared by Nepali Embassy in the UK via a press release.The Embassy of Nepal and the Foreign, Commonwealth and
Development Office, in collaboration with the RBGE and the British Council, had jointly organised the panel discussion and reception
On the occasion, Ambassador Acharya also touched upon the ambition of Nepal with regard to the net zero emission and the sectoral strategy,
while also highlighting the high climate vulnerability of Nepal, including the impacts of melting of glaciers and other climate-induced
disasters.
Mentioning RBGE's collaboration in Nepal's biodiversity conservation under different projects, Regius Keeper of
the RBGE, Simon Milne stated that Nepal and RBGE's association was an excellent example of productive, meaningful and warm collaboration
which was initiated more than 200 years ago by a Scotsman, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton who made the first scientific botanical collections
from Nepal.Similarly, Deputy Director of FCDO Charlotte Coles, in her remarks, stated that the historical bonds of friendship between the
two countries had been further deepened with the enhanced bilateral engagement between the two countries and highlighted UK's support in
climate change and biodiversity conservation of Nepal
She also assured UK's continuous cooperation to Nepal's socioeconomic development in the days ahead.A climate-focused panel discussion was
The panelists, including Dr Mark Watson, Scientist at RBGE, Prof Hugh Sinclair from the University of Edinburgh, Dr Inge Panneels from
Edinburgh Napier University and Ambassador Acharya spoke on biodiversity, geology, impact on the economy and national efforts and
international cooperation respectively.The discussions included the impacts of climate change on various sectors in Nepal over the last 100
years with particular focus on biodiversity, economy, geology and prospective impacts in future
They also discussed the national efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change and the need for a comprehensive, substantive and
multistakeholder international collaboration and support to tackle them in an effective manner.The programme was attended by climate
experts, British friends of Nepal, local diplomatic community, members of Nepali community and representatives of academic institutions, the
press release stated.A version of this article appears in the print on October 8, 2023, of The Himalayan Times
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