Ambassador Thapa Speaks at the High-Level Panel on ‘Mobilizing Finance for Water Infrastructure in LLDCs’
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Lok Bahadur Thapa, Nepal's Permanent Representative to the UN, spoke at a High-Level Panel on 'Mobilizing Finance for Water Infrastructure in LLDCs'. He emphasized water's importance for dignity, food security, energy, health, and climate resilience. Thapa highlighted the challenge for LLDCs and LDCs in channeling global capital for water infrastructure and noted Nepal's paradox of being water-rich yet facing drinking water scarcity and climate vulnerability. He called for increased private finance, public-private partnerships, innovative financing, and international support.
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