SARPF steering committee members and senior parliamentarians from India – Hon. MP, Dr Sanjay Jaiswal, Chairperson, Parliamentary Estimates Committee; Nepal – Hon. MP Deepak Bahadur Singh, Chairperson of the Committee on Infrastructure Development; and Bhutan – Hon. MP Pema Drukpa, Chairperson of the Environment and Climate Change Committee – attended the 29th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku on 11-12th November 2024.
The delegation met with the senior leaders and country representatives of the negotiation teams of Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and India, to discuss the regional climate and energy issues in South Asia and urge to formulate a collective regional response to these shared challenges.
The delegation called on the leaders of South Asia to launch a new framework for South Asian regional energy cooperation in the light of the looming climate emergency and sustainable energy transition goals in the region.
The South Asian MPs delegation met with the Prime Minister of Bhutan, Mr. Tshering Tobgay, the President of Nepal, Mr, Ram Chandra Poudel, the Nepal Minister of Forest and Environment, Mr. Ain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri who are leading their country delegation in CoP29.
They also met with the Mr B. K. Prabath Chandrakeerthi, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife, Forest Resources, Water Supply, Plantation and Community Infrastructure who is leading the Sri Lankan country delegation along with three senior officials from the Ministry.
