KATHMANDU: A two-day regional conference on climate change with the theme 'Kathmandu to Copenhagen', concluded today with a 10-point Kathmandu agreement. The workshop, however, ended without a Kathmandu-declaration. The conference debated that the developed countries should sufficiently finance the adoptation of technologies required to tackle climate change in the Himalayas which is home to world's half the population. It was discussed that South Asia, including Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, is a climate change hot-spot that influences the lives of half the worlds population and thus the developed countries provide urgent financial support in a predictable, easy and direct manner, said Dr.Udaya Raj Sharma, secretary, Ministry of Environment. The document is not legal and therefore not mandatory for anyone," said Batu Krishna Uprety, under secretary at the Ministry of Environment. Sources meanwhile informed that India dissented on announcing the Kathmandu declaration thereby agreeing to release only a press statement at the end of the meet. Critics said the conference did not yields results that were expected as it could not come up with the Kathmandu Declaration or laid any clear-cut vision for future in reducing the impact of the climate change in the region . "There was no any concrete decision or a way out for future,"said Ganesh Shah former Minister for Environment. The 10 points agreement mainly highlighted on the urgent need to come up with the common agenda to protect the water resources of the Himalayan region. Participants discussed on payment for credits from the forestry sector, sustainable management and conservation of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stock . "The participation from China was crucial to address the issues of the Himalayas but none came from China,"said Joint Purusottam Ghimire, secretary, Ministry of Environment. The conference, among other things, noted that the world has spent more on corporate /financial bailouts than on promoting sustainability and least of all on addressing climate change. "Its not that the doors for negotiation are closed once and for all, e beginning has been made with this conference, more bilateral and multilateral negotiations will go on in future continuously" said Batukrishna Uperety of MoE. Representatives from Nepal (host country), Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Srilanka and the representative of Kyrgyz Republic were present in the conference.