Nepal, March 20 -- No other statement would summarise the confusion engulfing the ongoing climate debate and the resulting shortcomings in the handling of the entire issue of climate change more succinctly than what the head of the Nepali delegation, Suman Dahal, the joint secretary to the Ministry of Finance, said after listening to two days' worth of discussions during a Regional Dialogue on the Role of Climate Proofing Growth and Development to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals earlier this month in Thailand. Using a coriander metaphor, he said, "Dhaniya sabai tarakari maa halnu parne maa, haami dhaniyakai tarakari pakai rakhyaachhau." The best possible translation of which would be something along the lines of, "Instead of gar...