UN Secretary-General's Message on Climate Action and Nepal's Leadership

Climate Crisis in the Himalayas

• 🏔️ The "Sagarmatha Sambaad" (Everest Dialogue) is inspired by the majestic mountains, encouraging dialogue beyond borders.
• 🌡️ Record temperatures are causing record glacier melt in the Himalayas, with Nepal losing close to one-third of its ice in just over 30 years.
• 💧 Glaciers in Nepal have melted 65% faster in the last decade than in the previous one, threatening future river flows.

Global Impacts of Glacier Melt

• 🌊 Shrinking glaciers could lead to massively reduced flows in major rivers like the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra.
• ⚠️ This could result in saltwater intrusion decimating deltas, erasing low-lying countries, and displacing millions.
• 🌍 Floods, droughts, and landslides are accelerating worldwide due to these climate impacts.

Nepal's Climate Leadership

• 💡 Nepal is demonstrating climate leadership through its local adaptation plans and pioneering the UN's Early Warning Systems for All initiative.
• 🌱 Extraordinary efforts in reforestation and pushing to reach climate goals by 2045 are highlighted.

Call for Global Climate Action

• ⚡ The world must act without delay to keep the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit within reach, with major emitters leading the way.
• 💰 This requires seizing opportunities in renewable energy, fulfilling climate finance commitments (including the $1.3 trillion goal), and doubling adaptation finance.
• 🤝 Delivering serious support to the loss and damage fund is crucial for the most vulnerable nations.
• 🌍 Achieving these goals demands bold cooperation across nations and sectors, with the United Nations as an ally.