climate change kathmandu

Kathmandu Finally Got Tap Water. After a Climate …

After a Climate Disaster, It Was Gone. A disaster that wiped out a decades-long project to bring pipe-borne water to Nepal''s capital shows the mismatch between slow-moving donor-financed efforts...

Government of Nepal and Development Partners Join Forces on …

KATHMANDU, September 24, 2021 – The Government of Nepal and development partners endorsed the landmark ''Kathmandu Declaration'' yesterday to develop a strategic action …

Wildfires are raging in Nepal — climate change isn''t the only culprit

In 2021, when the country experienced its worst wildfires, Binod Pokharel, a climate scientist at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, decided to study factors that …

Factsheet: Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Nepal(Kathmandu …

OverviewAdaptationImpacts on the natural environmentImpacts on peopleSociety and culture

In 2010, the Government of Nepal approved the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA). NAPA was developed as a requirement under the UNFCCC to access funding for the most urgent and immediate adaptation needs from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). In Nepal, NAPA was developed with three components: preparation and disse…

Kathmandu Highly Vulnerable to Climate Change | UNFCCC

A month''s walk from the nearest sea, Kathmandu—elevation almost a mile—is as vulnerable to climate change as the world''s coastal megacities. The capital of the poorest Asian country after Afghanistan is already feeling the effect: Rising …

Climate change in Nepal

3 · Response to climate change in Nepal has been growing in recent years with an effort to cope with the changing situation and build resilience capacity into adaptation to …

Nepal unveils historic climate adaptation plan

Kathmandu, 21 November 2023 – Nepal has today launched its first National Adaptation Plan (NAP), a comprehensive strategy aimed at bolstering the nation''s resilience against …

Nepal

This page presents Nepal''s climate context for the current climatology, 1991-2020, derived from observed, historical data. Information should be used to build a strong …

Integrating Climate Change into Nepal''s Development Strategy Key …

Kathmandu, September 15, 2022 – The World Bank Group''s Country Climate and Development Report for Nepal underscores the urgency of building resilience to climate …