As I was stuck in the final exam of Bachelor Degree, I apologize for the late submission of my experience in COP.

I am glad to attend 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference which was held at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, as an observer for 7 days and to visit different big cities of Egypt for next 7 days.

This was the first time I attended the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which was my first international travel. I gathered many lessons along the way and tried to face my fears differently. Everything was new for me there from attending plenary, side events, youth pavilions to surprise Frankie’s Birthday Bash. I got opportunities to hear from leaders, experts and leading voices presenting the challenges faced on the ground and tangible solutions. I learnt that we need to put women’s needs, experiences, and their wisdom at the centre of places where policies are being made. Women are not only the victim of climate crisis, they are also the leaders who can lead us out of the crisis of climate change. One of the most alarming cascading risks of climate change is impacted agrifood systems, so attending COP 27, I added some blissful colors in life from where I learnt tremendous things regarding different people all over the world with their powerful vision and verdict on climate change.

The urgency of climate crisis and its imperialist and colonialist roots is making Nepal the fourth most vulnerable country in the world. We are facing overlapping and intersecting crises, including ecological and climate breakdown. UNFCCC COPs remain massively influential annual moments for pushing the environmental needle away from climate catastrophe and towards ambition and justice.

To the young fledgling who tried to open their wings to fight for climate change, attending COP 27 became a new avenue for networking with many friends with similar kinds of interests and was an opportunity for youth momentum for climate education. COP 27 brought together 112 heads of state, over 46,000 delegates including ministers, scientists, policy-makers, members of civil society, INGOs, activists and youths.

Despite challenges and divergence of views, COP27 concludes with a historic decision to establish and operationalize a loss and damage fund. We must act swiftly and decisively in favor of climate action.

Among many other initiatives, enhancing nature based solutions for an accelerated climate transformation was one of them in COP27. I got an opportunity to celebrate Biodiversity day, Energy day, water day and Gender day in Egypt. Over the course of the Biodiversity day, three pillars; present, hope and vision will set the context for nexus between biodiversity and climate change, share solutions and define pathways to scale up urgent action that addresses biodiversity loss and climate action. Energy day addressed different aspects of the essential inter linkage between energy and climate change, particularly tackling the climate crisis through renewable energy and energy transformation. Gender day amplified women’s role in addressing the climate crisis by including more inclusive and meaningful participation in the planning and implantation of solutions and policies.

I was glad to attend Korean Pavilion and spend some time over there. In a nutshell, the whole journey was breath taking for me and each and every moments and memories are worth to cherish.