With an objective of highlighting the impact of climate change in various sectors, and exploring ways to mitigate them, a three-day international conference on ‘Water, Environment and Climate Change: Knowledge Sharing and Partnership,’ is all set to begin from Tuesday.
The chief purpose of program, according to organizers, is to discuss the ways on how to mitigate the effects of climate change in water, environment and other areas. The conference is taking place from April 10-12 in Kathmandu which will see the participation of delegates from more than 20 countries.
The conference is a joint initiation of Department of Water Supply and Sewerage and Society of Public Health Engineers Nepal (SOPHEN) and Nepal Engineers Association. According to organizers, scientists, activists and water conservationists will discuss 116 research papers presented at the programme. Organizers said Nepal is one of the 10 countries, which is severely hit by climate change and there is a need of immediate measures to tackle them.
