Tentative Programme

High-level Welcome and Opening Session

Plenary Session: Climate Change, Mountains and the Future of Humanity (Megha Malhar Hall

Theme 1: Beyond Mountains: Linking Mountains to Oceans

    • Parallel Session 1: Urgency of 1.5-degree ambition preservation of glaciers
    • Parallel Session 2: Connecting highlands to islands
    • Parallel Session 3: Food security and climate resilient agriculture
    • Parallel Session 4: Community-led climate initiatives in the mountains

Theme 2: Green Economy

    • Parallel Session 5: Powering the future: harnessing clean energy
    • Parallel Session 6: Exploring nature, culture and adventure in the mountains

Theme 3: Averting, Minimizing and Addressing Loss and Damage

    • Parallel Session 7: Mountain risk assessment and monitoring
    • Parallel Session 8: Addressing loss and damage in the mountains

Theme 4: Climate Justice and the Future of Humanity

    • Parallel Session 9: Sustainable cities and communities
    • Parallel Session 10: Building an inclusive future: gender and inter-generations equity
    • Parallel Session 11: Bridging science and technology for mountain resilience
    • Parallel Session 12: Sustaining mountain economy

Theme 5: Global and Regional Partnerships

Multi-stakeholder Roundtable Discussion (Megha Malhar Hall)

    1. Ecosystem services: recognize, respect and reward
    2. Climate induced disasters: risk reduction and resilience
    3. Innovative climate and carbon financing

Flight to Sagarmatha (by invitation only)

Sagarmatha Sambaad 2025 Declaration 

Closing Session