Hari Gopal Risal is an Assistant Professor at Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) and PhD scholar in Green and Sustainable Finance at the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom.
In our interaction with Mr. Risal, a green and sustainable finance researcher, he shares his thoughts on Nepal’s recently launched Green Finance Taxonomy (GFT). Despite its low carbon (CO2) emissions and almost self-sufficient status to meet our net-zero target in 2045, Nepal faces the negative consequences of climate change due to the emissions in our neighboring countries. Climate change is a global problem, and everyone is responsible for saving the planet. Nepal’s initiative to launch the GFT