Ganesh Parajuli, deputy leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) parliamentary party, called for international cooperation to protect the Himalayas and address the effects of climate change while representing Nepal at the 2026 Legislators’ Forum for Friendly Exchanges in China. He also urged Nepal to transform its economy through industry, education and technology. The forum brought together speakers, deputy speakers and ministers from 52 countries, placing Parajuli’s appeal before an international gathering of political representatives.
Himalayan conservation and climate cooperation
Parajuli’s remarks linked the protection of the Himalayas with the need for countries to work together on climate change. His call for international cooperation presented conservation not only as a national concern, but as an issue requiring engagement across borders. The Himalayas were central to the appeal, alongside the need to mitigate climate change impacts.
The forum provided an opportunity for Nepal’s representative to raise these issues among legislators and government ministers from a broad group of countries. With participants from 52 countries, the gathering brought together people holding senior parliamentary and government roles. Parajuli used that setting to put Himalayan protection and climate impacts on the agenda, according to reports on his remarks.
His message combined two connected priorities: protecting the Himalayan region and working to reduce the effects of climate change. The call for cooperation was a key part of that message. Parajuli did not present conservation as separate from the wider climate challenge; rather, he raised both as issues for international attention. The available details of his address do not specify particular measures, agreements or commitments, but they make clear that he urged collaboration on these concerns.
Call to transform Nepal’s economy
Alongside environmental concerns, Parajuli called for Nepal’s economy to be transformed through industry, education and technology. The three areas formed the economic dimension of his remarks at the China forum. He raised them as pathways for change, linking economic transformation to the development of productive industries, learning and technological capacity.
The call placed economic development alongside climate action and Himalayan conservation in his message. Rather than focusing solely on environmental protection, Parajuli also used the forum to set out priorities for Nepal’s economic future. His remarks brought together the need for international cooperation on shared challenges and the need for changes within Nepal’s economy.
The emphasis on industry, education and technology was broad rather than a detailed programme. The information available does not identify specific sectors, education reforms, technologies or targets proposed by Parajuli. It does, however, show that he named these three areas as central to transforming the economy. His address therefore covered both the country’s economic direction and its engagement on environmental issues.
Nepal’s representation at the forum
Parajuli attended the 2026 Legislators’ Forum for Friendly Exchanges as a representative of Nepal. The event was attended by speakers, deputy speakers and ministers from 52 countries. His participation offered a platform to raise Nepal’s concerns and priorities in a gathering involving parliamentary and government representatives from across that group of nations.
The issues he raised were Himalayan protection, the mitigation of climate change impacts and economic transformation through industry, education and technology. Together, they framed his contribution around environmental cooperation and Nepal’s development priorities. No further details about decisions or outcomes from the forum were provided in the reports of his remarks, but Parajuli’s appeal brought these topics into the international discussion at the event.
