Sindhupalchok, June 9 -- Helambu Rural Municipality on Sunday held an executive meeting at Chhyati Ghang, a religious and tourist site at an altitude of around 4,200 metres above sea level, to highlight the impacts of climate change in Nepal's Himalayan region.

Local representatives, municipal employees, and local leaders trekked to the high-altitude site via Ichok and Thadepati, observing the impacts of climate change on the Himalayan landscape.

According to Rural Municipality Chair Nima Gyalzen Hyolmo, discussions focused on promoting domestic tourism, mitigating the effects of climate change, conserving glaciers and fragile mountain ecosystems, and pursuing sustainable development.

"The Himalayan region is facing the direct impacts ...