Kathmandu, May 16 -- The first edition of the much-touted Sagarmatha Sambad, a multi-stakeholder dialogue forum, committed to deliberating on the most pressing global, regional, and national issues, is set to begin in Kathmandu on Friday.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will inaugurate the three-day event, which will feature a dozen parallel sessions on critical climate-related issues. These include a high-level session on collaboration and cooperation among ministers from Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, and multi-stakeholder roundtable discussions on issues like ecosystem services, the 'recognise, respect and reward' approach, climate-induced disasters, risk reduction and resilience, and innovative climate and carbon financing.

Following the...