KATHMANDU, April 5 -- The Regional Conference on 'Green Finance and Sustainable Development in South Asia' concluded in Kathmandu, highlighting the necessity of green finance and regional cooperation to ensure sustainable development in the region.

The conference, organized by the Consortium of South Asian Think Tanks (COSATT) in cooperation with the Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change Asia Pacific (RECAP), Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Hong Kong, in the capital on Wednesday also underscored the importance of regional cooperation to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change in the region.

The first session of the conference focused on access to green finance across SAARC member states. Participants from Bhutan, I...