New Delhi, Nov. 14 -- The Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA) at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) has called for Tibet's escalating climate emergency to be brought to the forefront of global climate governance, urging COP30 and BRICS nations to formally recognise the Himalayan region as a critical ecological hotspot, as per a press release on Friday.

A delegation led by Jagannath Panda, Head of SCSA-IPA, and joined by Senior Associate Fellow Richard Ghiasy, travelled to Brazil during the recently held COP30 in Belem and later held high-level discussions in Rio de Janeiro.

As part of their project, "Whither Tibet in Climate Crisis Agenda", the delegation highlighted that the Tibeta...