Nepal, Nov. 11 -- The need to ensure grant-based and accessible climate finance for a just energy transition was stressed at the ongoing COP31.

The annual UN climate conference, COP31, is being held here this year.

Stakeholders and speakers underscored the need for grant-based and accessible climate finance at a programme titled 'From the Himalayas to the World: A Roadmap for a Just Transition from Fossil Fuels for Vulnerable Economies,' organized at the Nepal Pavilion on the sidelines of COP31 on Tuesday.

Undersecretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Environment Dr Prakash Singh Thapa made a keynote presentation at the programme, where he stressed that economically and socially vulnerable communities, workers and countrie...