{"id":32898,"date":"2025-12-11T11:49:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T06:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/?p=32898"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T06:04:42","slug":"prachanda-no-prosperity-without-safeguarding-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/prachanda-no-prosperity-without-safeguarding-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Prachanda: \u201cNo prosperity without safeguarding mountains\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e3d2c2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e3d2c2;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"733\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/prachanda1-1100x733.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32899 not-transparent\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/prachanda1-1100x733.webp 1100w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/prachanda1-675x450.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/prachanda1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/prachanda1-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/prachanda1-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/prachanda1.webp 1368w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KATHMANDU, Dec 11 <\/strong>\u2013 Nepali Communist Party coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal, widely known as Prachanda, marked the 23rd International Mountain Day on Thursday with a call for stronger global action on climate change, warning that melting glaciers and fragile mountain ecosystems pose severe risks to countries like Nepal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMountains are invaluable treasures of nature, providing water, forests, biodiversity, and livelihoods to millions,\u201d Prachanda said in a statement. \u201cBut climate change is accelerating glacier melt and destabilizing ecosystems, leading to floods, droughts, soil erosion and food insecurity in developing nations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s theme, \u201cGlaciers matter for water, food and livelihoods,\u201d underscores the urgency of the climate crisis, he added. Nepal, with more than 80 percent of its territory in mountainous terrain, faces heightened risks from glacial retreat and erratic river flows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prachanda recalled initiatives taken during his party\u2019s leadership in government, including raising mountain ecology and climate issues at national and international forums. He cited Nepal\u2019s role in highlighting climate justice at COP28 and efforts to build a \u201cunited mountain voice\u201d among Himalayan nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres\u2019 recent visit to Nepal was \u201cimportant and inspiring,\u201d Prachanda said, noting that Nepal continues to appeal for international funding to support mountain conservation, climate adaptation, and mitigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newspaper-x-tags\"><strong>TAGS: <\/strong><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/tag\/23rd-international-mountain-day\/\" rel=\"tag\">23rd International Mountain Day<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/tag\/prachanda\/\" rel=\"tag\">Prachanda<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/tag\/nepal\/\" rel=\"tag\">Nepal<\/a> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU, Dec 11 \u2013 Nepal Communist Party coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal, widely known as Prachanda, marked the 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