The Kathmandu Call for Action was adopted by the participants of the International Conference of Mountain Countries on Climate Change organized by the Government of Nepal in Kathmandu, from April 5 to 6. ICIMOD provided support to the conference, as did a number of other agencies, including the Rome-based Mountain Partnership Secretariat (MPS), the World Bank, and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kathmandu. Participants included Ministers responsible for environment and mountain affairs from 10 countries in the global south (South and Central Asia, Africa, and Latin America) and over 300 senior delegates and experts from 25 other countries. The meeting was an important step toward strengthening the mountain agenda in preparation for the Rio+20 meeting in June. On April 4, ICIMOD and the Ministry of Environment of Nepal organized an international expert consultation to provide scientific inputs to the conference.
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