Speaker Dol Prasad (DP) Aryal has called on parliaments around the world to make the climate crisis a regular item on their agendas. He made the appeal while addressing the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Tanzania.
Aryal urged lawmakers to ensure that the concerns of citizens affected by the climate crisis are heard in parliaments globally. He also noted that climate change and its impacts are repeatedly raised in Nepal’s parliament.
Aryal’s appeal to parliaments
The Speaker called for parliaments to give the climate crisis a consistent place on their agendas, emphasizing the need to represent the concerns of people affected by its impacts.
Key points from his address include:
- Parliaments worldwide should regularly discuss the climate crisis.
- The concerns of climate-affected citizens should be voiced in legislatures globally.
- Climate change and its impacts are repeatedly raised in Nepal’s parliament.
Nepal’s parliamentary discussions
Aryal’s remarks highlighted that climate change is already a recurring subject in Nepal’s parliament, as he urged legislatures elsewhere to make it a regular focus as well.
