KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Energy Minister Anil Kumar Sinha on Tuesday said that the government is working to create a strong and legal policy framework to increase the use of green energy.
Addressing the national conference on “Green energy and the carbon economy” organised by Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) in Kathmandu, Sinha said that such policy is needed to meet the right to a clean environment guaranteed to every citizen by the Nepalese constitution and to achieve sustainable development goals. “Such an arrangement is required to achieve the national goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2045,” Sinha who is also the Water Resources and Irrigation minister said.
Vice Chairman of the National Planning Commission, Prakash Kumar Shrestha, stated that with 60 per cent of total energy consumption still coming from imported fuel, all sectors need to collaborate and cooperate towards achieving the national carbon emission target.