Is it unreasonable to ask our neighbours to engage in meaningful climate action through a regional legal arrangement?
[Op-ed by Ananda Mohan Bhattarai, former Justice at the Supreme Court of Nepal.]
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Shouldn’t our giant neighbours—China and India—do more than offer emergency assistance? Should they not lead in addressing the Himalayan climate crisis? While there are agreements on the Alps, the Andes and the Carpathians to conserve their environment and people, positively contributing to sustainable mountain development at varying degrees, can we envisage similar regional legal agreements to save the climate system and biodiversity of the Himalayas?
