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UN Secretary General vows to help Nepal in reducing climate change impact

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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres along with other officials at ABC. (Photo: Foreign Ministry's Twitter)

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is visiting Nepal, has expressed his commitment to support Nepal in reducing the impact of climate change.

Guterres who arrived at the Annapurna Base Camp this morning acknowledged that climate change caused by development and industrial nations has adverse implications in Nepal which has no significant role in causing it.

Stating that global warming, a key aspect of climate change, has led to a rising level of snow melting, resulting in more incidences of landslides and floods. 

Calling upon the rich and industrial nations to scale up the implementation of climate change coping strategies, he urged them to assist Nepal  its efforts to cope with the impact of climate change. 

The UN Secretary-General arrived here on a Nepali Army helicopter and upon his arrival, he was welcomed by local officials including Annapurna rural municipality chair Bishnu Bahadur KC, Chhomrong Tourism Committee office-bearers and local tourism entrepreneurs.

He was accompanied by his members in his entourage.

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