WSF 2024 Kathmandu Nepal Save the glaciers Anju Pokharel Youth Alliance for Environment

Anju Pokharel, who works at the Youth Alliance for Environment (YAE): an NGO based in Nepal dedicated to environmental sustainability discussed about the pressing environmental issues facing Nepal in a discussion titled "Save the Glaciers, Mountains, Environment, and People. Beyond climate change, she highlighted the significant environmental challenges posed by rapid urbanization and haphazard development in the mountain regions, such as air and water pollution, inadequate waste management, and ecosystem disturbances.