During the national forum on We Are Watching campaign in Nepal, Nahendra Khadka, the Coordinator of the Nepal Peasants Coalition, urged the National Planning Commission to incorporate the plight of small farmers into their policies to address climate change. “The problems of climate change should be treated as a political and an economic issue, instead of simply marginalizing it as a technical problem,” he said. Further, he emphasized that the farmers are the protectors of our earth and should be treated with justice and dignity. He also proposed some action points and proposed the establishment of the Farmers’ Investment Impact Fund and Climate Resilience Fund under the IFAD, which could be accessed by the farmers’ organizations (FOs). He also highlighted the importance of the collaboration of the National Peasants’ Coalition with the Government agencies and UN agencies, and the purpose for better engagement and collaboration in the coming days.
Watch the Focus Group Discussion conducted by the Nepal Peasant Coalition on 5 August 2021:
We Are Watching is a monumental eye, made up of thousands of portraits contributed from 190 countries. It flies high above cities on a flag the size of a 10-story building. Raised at key climate events to hold leaders accountable as they decide the future of our planet, its message is crystal-clear: the eyes of the world are upon you. Artivist Dan Archer’s globally participative work first flew at Madrid’s COP25 UN Climate Change Conference. Its ongoing mission is to take the eyes of the world around the globe. Know more about this campaign at https://wearewatching.org/
The We Are Watching campaign is supported by the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), the Asia-Pacific Farmers Program (APFP), and the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF).
For more information, go to asianfarmers.org/we-are-watching
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