Kathmandu, Nov. 1 -- Nepal and Bhutan have jointly proposed the inclusion of a dedicated agenda item titled "1.5degC Warming in Mountains" at the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, calling for stronger international action to address the escalating impacts of climate change on mountain ecosystems and communities.

In a formal submission addressed to the COP president, incoming COP president and executive secretary of the UNFCCC, the two Himalayan countries have urged the inclusion of the proposed agenda item in the supplementary provisional agenda of COP31. The Post has obtained a copy of a letter sent by Minister for Agriculture, Forest and Environment Gita Chaudhary.

"On...