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Nepal will be hosting a conference of ambassadors and stakeholders concerned from the mountain countries on the theme of minimization of climate change risk in December. According to Minister for Forests and Environment Pradeep Yadav, the event will be organized on the occasion of the International Mountain Day, 2022 on December 11. Ambassadors and experts on the related field from 20 countries will join the event, aiming to draw global attention towards the impact of climate change on mountain nations. Minister Yadav said that the Ministry has already talked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in regard with its plan to host the summit and responded positively. Both resident and non-resident ambassadors for Nepal from the mountaineering countries will be participating in the event and it will be in preparations for Mountain Advocacy Summit scheduled to be held in Mustang in March, 2023, focusing on the implications of climate change in the high-hills.

The government has decided to revoke its earlier decision not to allow foreign nationals to travel to third countries from Nepal except for transit at the airport. The Cabinet meeting held on Monday made 16 decisions including the same. The meeting also decided to form a salary commission under the headship of former Chief Secretary Lilamani Paudel. Information and Communications Minister Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, who is also the government spokesperson, made public the decisions by organizing a press conference at the Communication Ministry.  

The government has decided to form a Facilitation and Monitoring Committee to facilitate the waste management of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. A meeting held on Monday under the coordination of Urban Development Minister Metmani Chaudhary decided to form the committee. The committee will comprise the members of the House of Representatives of Kathmandu, Nuwakot and Dhading. Informing about forming the committee, Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa said that the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has started collecting garbage and sought help of all the people for the long-term management of the waste. Writing a status on Facebook, he said that continuous facilitation and monitoring are necessary for the waste management of Kathmandu Valley. He was of the opinion that the Kathmandu Metropolitan City is working at its best to manage the waste.

The meeting of the Legislature-Parliament has been postponed till August 29. The meeting was postponed after tabling the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Enforced Disappearance Commission (Third Amendment) Bill, 2079 in the Parliament. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Govinda Prasad Sharma presented the Bill in the Parliament today.