Nepali Prime Minister MadhavKumar Nepal (C) waves as he attends the cabinet meeting at the foothills of Mt. Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) Base Camp at Kalapatthar which is approximately 5,164 meters high above the sea level on Dec. 3, 2009. The Nepali Government's historical high-altitude cabinet meeting, attended by altogether 24 ministers, is held on the base to draw the global community's...
The historic high-altitude cabinet meeting of Nepali government held to draw the global community's attention toward climate change and its impact on melting Himalayas has come up with a 10-point "Everest Declaration" Friday. The cabinet meeting presided by Nepali Prime Minister MadhavKumarNepal was held at Kalapatthar, the Base Camp of Mt. Everest (Qomolangma) at a height...
India and Nepal resume talks in security cooperation in Kathmandu Friday to review the progress of the high-level commitments made between the two governments during Nepali Prime Minister MadhavKumarNepal's official visit to India in August.
Nepali government's historical high-altitude cabinet meeting kicked off at the foothills of Mt. Everest (Mt. Qomolangma) Base Camp on Friday morning to draw the global community's attention toward climate change and its impact on melting Himalayas. The meeting presided by Nepali Prime Minister MadhavKumarNepal started at 9:00 a.m. local time (0315 GMT) at Kalapatthar, which is approximately...
Nepal's coalition government Friday basked in global limelight and applause with Prime Minister MadhavKumarNepal leading a historic meeting of his cabinet in the shadow of Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, to draw the attention of nations to the perils of climate change and the havoc they could wreak in Himalayan countries.
Nepalese ministers equipped with oxygen tanks battled freezing temperatures for a cabinet meeting in the shadow of Mount Everest on Friday to highlight the impact of climate change on the Himalayas. Prime Minister MadhavKumar Nepal and 22 other ministers travelled by helicopter to the Kalapattar plateau, 5,262 metres (17,192 feet) up in the world's highest mountain range.
Nepalese ministers held a high-altitude meeting on a remote mountain plateau in the shadow of Mount Everest on Friday to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas. Prime Minister MadhavKumar Nepal and 22 other ministers, equipped with oxygen cylinders, travelled by helicopter for the gathering on the Kalapattar plateau, 5,262 metres (17,192 feet) up in world's highest...
Nepalese ministers prepared Friday to fly to a remote mountain plateau in the shadow of Everest for a high-altitude cabinet meeting to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas. Prime Minister MadhavKumar Nepal and 22 other ministers underwent medical tests on Friday before being declared fit to travel by helicopter to the Kalapattar plateau, 5,262 metres (17,192 feet)...
... impact of climate change on Mount Everest and other Himalayan mountains," the prime minister, MadhavKumar Nepal told reporters. "Due to global climate change and its effects, the entire human civilisation is faced with additional challenges for their survival." Nepal, which sits between China and India, is home to Everest, the world's tallest peak, and eight more of...
... such nations give 1.5 percent of their yearly earnings to the cause. Prime Minister of Nepal, MadhavKumar Nepal, stated: “The Everest declaration was a message to the world to minimize the negative impact of climate change on Mount Everest and other Himalayan mountains.” Environmental Minister Thakur Sharma stated the goal of the high-altitude meeting was “to get the world’s attention...
... down to the town of Syangboche, at a safer 12,800 feet (3,900 meters). Nepalese Prime Minister MadhavKumar Nepal was scheduled to attend the meeting, but four ministers could not make it due to health concerns or other engagements, said Siddhartha Bajracharya, a government official. Rescue helicopters and doctors have been positioned at Lukla, Syangboche and at the meeting venue,...
Four months after his first official visit to India, Nepal's embattled Prime Minister MadhavKumarNepal now heads to China in a bid to enhance ties with his country's northern neighbour.
Filed under: Activism , Festivals and Events , Asia , Nepal , Ecotourism Later this week, Nepali Prime Minister MadhavKumar, along with 26 members of his government, will travel to base camp on Mount Everest, where they'll hold a cabinet meeting to raise awareness of global climate change and the effects it is having on the mountain. Warming temperatures in the Himalaya are causing...
A little over a month back, Maldives' Cabinet met underwater to highlight climate change and global warming. Nepal seems to be topping the feat, but doing a cabinet meeting on Mt. Everest. On 4 December prime minister MadhavKumar Nepal and those politicians physically fit enough will ascend 17,192ft (5,250m) to base camp. This meeting, to be held before the Copenhagen climate conference,...
