Nepal: Consiglio dei ministri sull'Everest

(EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA)

Nepal’s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (C) chair the cabinet meeting at Kalapathar, 5542 meter high altitude from the sea level, on the below of Mt. Everest in Solukhumbu, Nepal, 04 December 2009. Nepalese ministers have held a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to raise awareness of the effects of climate change. During their half-hour meeting, the ministers - some wearing oxygen masks - endorsed a resolution on climate change. They then left by helicopter. The meeting comes ahead of next week’s climate summit in Copenhagen.