Sep 25, Kathmandu - Nepal’s Prime Minister Balen Shah has proposed a joint mechanism among Nepal, India and China to address the growing climate risks facing the Himalayan region.

Addressing the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Friday morning, Shah called for the establishment of a Himalayan Climate Resilience Mechanism, arguing that protecting the mountains is a shared regional responsibility.

He said nearly two billion people depend directly or indirectly on the Hindu Kush Himalaya, which plays a vital role in water supplies, ecosystems, agriculture and livelihoods. “The Himalayas are part of the life-support system of the Earth,” Shah told the assembly, urging the world not to view the region merely as a remote or borderland area.

Under the proposed mechanism, the three countries would share satellite data, scientific information and expert knowledge. Shah also called for regular monitoring of high-risk glacial lakes, stronger cross-border early-warning systems and coordinated search-and-rescue and relief efforts during disasters.

“Let us make the Himalayas not a boundary of fragmented information, but a laboratory for international cooperation,” he said.

The proposal focuses on tackling shared climate threats through regional collaboration, information exchange and joint disaster management.