The global effort to combat the climate crisis will not change unless there is a judicial transformation agenda and meaningful representation and dialogue of workers, said Laxman Sharma, General Secretary of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT).

General Secretary Sharma made this statement at the national discussion program of civil society and consultants on the Climate Conference 2024 in Kathmandu on November 6.

General Secretary Sharma said that the issues of climate change and judicial transformation have been left out of the discussions held by civil societies, emphasizing the need to pay attention to green employment and social security.

Clarifying the strategies to be adopted to obtain the climate finance that Nepal should receive in a fair manner and to distribute it fairly, General Secretary Sharma said that there will be no climate justice without decent labor and green employment, social justice in the labor market, and judicial transformation.

During the program, GEFONT Vice President Sita Lama and National Committee Member Suman Parajuli raised issues including the impact of climate change on workers’ employment and the participation of workers’ representatives in the upcoming COP conference in Azerbaijan.