Organized by Bhutan government with support from ICIMOD, WWF, Macarthur Foundation, UNDP and Danish Government, the summit is still expecting to see the head of the government of four countries Nepal, Bhutan, India and Bangladesh.
The Climate Summit for a Living Himalayas in Thimphu, Bhutan, on November 19 groups Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and India in talks on food and water security, biodiversity and alternative energy sources.
Secretary to the Ministry of Environment Krishna Gyawali said that the matter related to the participation of the prime minister will be decided next week.
Gyawali admitted no leaders had yet agreed to attend but said the possibility was "very high" that Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai would be there.
The Himalayas, the world's tallest mountain range, divide China from south Asia and many of the its tallest peaks are located on the Asia giant's western border.
They include the 8,848-metre (29,028-foot) summit of Everest, the world's tallest mountain, and the world's second tallest peak, K2, on the border with Pakistan.
"We have tried before in this region to bring in different countries on the issue of climate change with very little effect," said Tariq Aziz of WWF Nepal, a partner at the summit.
Aziz said bringing in nations other than those on the southern slopes of the eastern Himalayas would "bring in complexities with Pakistan, with Afghanistan -- you bring in issues which cloud this whole need for us to actually empower our people to fight the oncoming impact of climate change".
Gyawali announced Nepal was planning to hold a ministerial-level climate change meeting of mountain countries across the world early next year.
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