SAARC-ADB Consultation Workshop held in Thimphu

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, July 11: SAARC member states met in Thimphu from Wednesday to Thursday (July 10-11) to review the status of the implementation of the Thimphu Statement on Climate Change 2010. 

According to a press release by the SAARC Secretariat, the member states have discussed the national-level initiatives taken by each member state and exchanged best practices to fight climate change through regional cooperation.

The consultation workshop finalized a set of recommendations to take forward the implementation of the Thimphu Statement on Climate Change. The findings and the recommendations will be adopted at the SAARC Intergovernmental Expert Group on Climate Change Meeting proposed to be held sometime later this year.

The SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu facilitated the two-day consultation workshop held with financial and technical support from ADB. The Chairperson of the Royal Civil Service Commission, formerly the Director-General of the Department of Environment and Climate Change, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, graced the inaugural session of the workshop.