Gokyo Climate Summit Concludes with Nine-Point Declaration for Mountain Nations

Kathmandu. The climate summit in the Khumbu region has concluded with the issuance of a nine-point Gokyo Declaration, which includes a call for Nepal to lead mountain and highland nations in the pursuit of climate justice.

The declaration was issued following the Gokyo Climate Summit, organized by the Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality of Solukhumbu and the organization 'Sath-Sathai'. The declaration, released today on the occasion of Earth Day, emphasizes the need to strengthen climate diplomacy and prioritize mountain issues on international platforms.

According to the organization, a team including subject matter experts traveled from Kathmandu through Lukla, Namche, Khumjung, and Machhermo to reach Gokyo and issue the declaration. Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and Member of Parliament, Indira Rana Magar, read the declaration and expressed her appreciation to the organizers for prompting the government to act on climate justice at the citizen level.

"The government alone cannot handle the problems brought about by climate change; it must reach out to the affected areas and join hands with the citizens," she stated. "The government and Parliament must also listen to the suggestions mentioned in this declaration."

Participating in the discussion, glacier expert Arun Bhakta Shrestha, who reached the Gokyo region, stated that this summit would draw attention to addressing the risk of glacial lake outburst floods.

Sath-Sathai President Prajita Karki informed that youth leader Tashi Laju, renewable energy researcher Kushal Gurung, activist Sama Shrestha, advocate Saroj Ghimire, and journalists Balkrishna Basnet and Bijay Paudel, among others, expressed their solidarity by reading the declaration.