Nepal to host 1st "Everest Dialogue" to avoid meltdown in mountains

Nepal, home to eight of the world's 14 highest peaks, will in April hold an inaugural forum aimed at steering global discourse on climate change toward the Himalayas, according to Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali.In an exclusive interview Saturday with Kyodo News, Gyawali said the first edition of the Sagarmatha Dialogue will take place April 2 to 4, gathering 250 people, including experts and heads of state and government, from some 40 countries in Kathmandu. Sagarmatha is the Nepali name for Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain."Mountains are not at the center of (climate change) dis…READ FULL ARTICLE