Speaking at the inaugural session of the campaign, Minister for Agricultural Development Haribol Prasad Gajurel said that the government was happy to extend help in whatever areas needed to 'Make Nepal Green'.Likewise, Gopal Prasad Bhatta, director, Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), asked the organizers to provide a full-fledged roadmap to embrace green economy. He said that the central bank would study the roadmap and make a development recommendation in the pre-budget report.
The path-breaking meeting, involving bankers, officials, activists, saw participation of Laureates of the Right Livelihood Award, such as Chinese solar entrepreneur Huang Ming.
In his keynote speech, Ming shared how he helped convert China into a solar country where everything from schools to businesses to public toilets are running on solar engineering.
The billionaire founder of Himin Solar, who has developed the massive Solar Valley in Dezhou, China, said he would love to extend his solar technologies to Nepal. "Solar technology is really practical," he said, adding that it is the 'Right Livelihood', and not just for the rich and middle class. "It is for the poor and also for everyone."
The meeting will finalize the draft of the much-anticipated 'Kathmandu Declaration', and initiate the 'Make Nepal Green Fund' on Tuesday.
Laureates of the Right Livelihood Award will then proceed to Pokhara to examine renewable energy, eco-tourism, and organic farming initiatives and discuss ways in which they can be upscaled to 'Make Nepal Green', according to the organizers.
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