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2 Dec 2023 | Izabella Koziell

PM Dahal moderates high-level roundtable meeting to addresses urgent climate crisis concerns for mountainous nations

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Nepal hosted a high-level roundtable meeting on the sidelines of the Conference of the Parties (COP) 28 in Dubai on Saturday, with a focus on the theme ‘The Message of the Mountains: Who Will Protect Us from the Climate Crisis?’

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