Climate campaigners protest in Kathmandu ahead of G20 summit
Kathmandu, September 8 Social activists and climate campaigners gathered in Kathmandu on Friday to protest and present their demands ahead of the G20 Summit in India. Simultaneous protests took place across various Asian cities, including Manila, Jakarta, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Karachi, Lahore, and Colombo. “We strongly urge the G20 to commit to concrete measures to address the multiple crises faced by peoples of the global south. As a grouping, the G20 not only has massive resources but also bears historical responsibility for developing countries being mired in indebtedness, fossil fuel reliance, extraction of natural resources, and exploitation of their peoples’ labour,” said Lidy Nacpil, coordinator of the Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD). A representative from Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN), Suresh Tamang, called on the G20 to deliver new, additional and non-debt-creating climate finance, surpassing the unfulfilled USD 100 billion a year pledge. “The gl...