Sherpa duo in France
KATHMANDU: Climate-for-Life Ambassador Apa and Dawa Steven Sherpa on Thursday met high-level politicians in Europe in their bid to raise the profile of the Himalayas
in the ongoing global climate talks.
A press statement issued here by WWF stated that the duo travelled
to the French commune of Chamonix in the Rhino-Alps region in south eastern France, to take part in a debate where a serious climate change talks was going on between the European Mountain Communities and the Sherpas, representing
the mountain communities of Nepal and the Himalayas. The statement further added that the meeting was held with an objective of fostering a closer collaboration between the Alps and the Himalayas tand o create a platform for knowledge-sharing between the two communities.
