{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"organization":["Climate and Development Knowledge Network"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":1008,"relation":"eq"},"page":9,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?organization=climate-and-development-knowledge-network&page=9","next":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?organization=climate-and-development-knowledge-network&page=10","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"cdkn-000286","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cdkn-000286","title":"Adaptation to climate change in the hydroelectricity sector in Nepal","publisher":{"name":"Climate and Development Knowledge Network","organization":"climate-and-development-knowledge-network"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2017-06-14","source_url":"https://cdkn.org/resource/policy-brief-adaptation-climate-change-hydroelectricity-sector-nepal","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document outlines a bottom-up decision-scaling approach to adaptation for Nepal's hydropower sector, categorizing necessary actions into immediate resilience building for existing plants, climate-smart planning for new investments, and long-term monitoring and research. It highlights that while future climate impacts are uncertain due to data gaps, the sector faces significant risks from climate-induced hazards like sediment load and glacial lake outburst floods, necessitating context-specific, low-regret adaptation pathways.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000286#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Adaptation in Nepal's hydroelectricity sector is categorized into three types: immediate actions for current risks and resilience of existing plants, 'climate smart planning' for new plants built over the next decade using flexible or robust designs, and early monitoring and research to inform future decisions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000286#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Predicting future climate impacts on the sector is difficult due to Nepal's complex hydrology and elevation changes, as well as high uncertainty across climate models and a lack of reliable long-term hydro-meteorological data.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000286#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The most significant climate-related threats to hydropower are increased hazards, specifically geo-hazards such as glacial lake outburst floods, extreme floods, and sediment load.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000286#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Effective adaptation requires a suite of context-specific, low-regret options rather than a universal approach, and must be integrated into the institutional context and sector development policies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000286#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["hydroelectricity","climate change adaptation","Climate risk assessment","glacier lake outburst flood"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","risk assessment"]},{"id":"cdkn-000294","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cdkn-000294","title":"Fuel oil subsidy reforms and oil market deregulation in Bangladesh","publisher":{"name":"Climate and Development Knowledge Network","organization":"climate-and-development-knowledge-network"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2017-06-14","source_url":"https://cdkn.org/resource/report-fuel-oil-subsidy-reforms-oil-market-deregulation-bangladesh","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"This report examines the challenges of fuel oil subsidies and the lack of a strategic pricing mechanism in Bangladesh. 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This process enabled the city to identify specific projects like pedestrianisation and streetlight retrofitting and to secure financial support by embedding low-emission development strategies into its regional medium-term plan. 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Seven of these options are considered to have high potential for application across all three agro-ecological regions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000699#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate change causes significant economic damage to Nepal's agriculture, with direct annual losses estimated at approximately 0.8% of current GDP and a projected adaptation deficit of US$2.4 billion by 2030 across three sectors, including agriculture.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000699#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Analysis of climate analogue sites in Nawalparasi, Kaski, and Lamjung districts shows that currently, over 65% of the area has 25–50% climate similarity, while areas with more than 75% similarity are very few, ranging from <1% to 9.5%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000699#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant disconnect between Nepal's policy intentions and their execution; policy goals are rarely translated into annual plans, budgets, and actions due to inadequate evidence bases, weak coordination between government and private sectors, and limited human and financial resources.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000699#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The project proposes three distinct models for scaling up CSA technologies based on their nature: a knowledge-transfer model for knowledge-intensive options, a commercial business model for input-intensive or proprietary options, and a policy incidence model for those requiring the removal of policy bottlenecks or increased government support.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000699#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Climate-smart agriculture","climate change adaptation","food security","climate finance"],"geography_discussed":["Gandaki River basin","Lamjung District","Kaski District","Nawalparasi District"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","technology assessment","scaling-up analysis"]},{"id":"cdkn-000937","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cdkn-000937","title":"Benefits of low emission development strategies","publisher":{"name":"Climate and Development Knowledge Network","organization":"climate-and-development-knowledge-network"},"document_type":"case study","language":"en","date_published":"2017-05","source_url":"https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/GIP01815_LEDS_RALI_Bangladesh_Case_Study_final_revised_2-6-2017_hi-res.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document analyzes two clean energy scenarios for Bangladesh: a short-term 'Clean Energy Policy 1' and a long-term 'Clean Energy Policy 2'. 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