KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 02 (IPS) – The following Oped is part of a series of articles to commemorate World Environment Day June 5With the climate negotiations getting more and more intense in the light of ensuring meaningful achievements in the upcoming COP- 26 summit in Edinburgh, an event that is key to move forward the pathway towards a net zero future started in Paris, this year World Environment Day on June 5 assumes an even more emblematic meaning.

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