Recent severe cloudbursts, floods, and landslides across Nepal have once again laid bare the devastating realities of climate vulnerability in the High Himalayas. Glacial collapses and cross-border river surges severely impact mountain populations who contribute almost negligibly to global greenhouse gas emissions.
As the international community prepares for COP 31, the Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan) invites you to a crucial online panel discussion exploring frontline lessons from Nepal, community resilience, and the urgent imperative for regional cross-border early warning systems and direct climate justice.
Panelists
Host:
Pratibha Tuladhar: writer, educator; columnist at Nepali Times, Global Southasia contributor, formerly with Kantipur Television.
Panelists:
- Afia Salam (moderator): Environmental journalist, Sapan founder member
- Kunda Dixit: Publisher and former editor of Nepali Times, visiting faculty at New York University teaching climate communication, Chair of the Centre for Investigative Journalism Nepal, and author of Dateline Earth: Journalism as if the Planet Mattered.
- Dr. Faisal Mueen Qamer: Senior Intervention Manager for River Basins and GIS/Remote Sensing specialist at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Date: Sunday, 25 October 2026
Time: 10 am ET / 6.30 pm Afghanistan / 7 pm Pakistan & Maldives / 7:30 pm India & Sri Lanka / 7:45 pm Nepal / 8 pm Bangladesh & Bhutan
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