Case Studies on Low Emission Development

The document details Nepal's approach to integrating economy, society, and environment through District Climate and Energy Plans (DCEPs). It highlights a pilot process in three districts—Ilam, Makwanpur, and Mustang—which led to the creation of a 'DCEP Preparation Guideline' to be scaled across all 75 districts. Using Ilam as a primary example, the text describes how multi-stakeholder task forces use data and scenario analysis to prioritize renewable energy technologies (RETs) such as solar, biogas, and micro-hydro based on mitigation potential and local vulnerability. This bottom-up planning is supported by the national Climate Change Policy (2011) and the forthcoming Low Carbon Economic Development Strategy (LCEDS).

• Nepal has established a national policy framework to support low-carbon growth, including the Climate Change Policy (2011) and the Low Carbon Economic Development Strategy (LCEDS), the latter of which was scheduled for completion by December 2013.
• The District Climate and Energy Plan (DCEP) process uses a bottom-up, nine-stage methodology to customize renewable energy deployment to local needs, involving steps from initial desk studies and stakeholder mobilization to final endorsement by the District Development Committee (DDC).
• In the Ilam district pilot, energy demand projections indicated a 3 percent increase by 2020 compared to 2010, with the residential sector identified as the primary consumer. The district prioritized several renewable energy technologies, noting that solar is the least vulnerable to climate change while water mills are the most vulnerable.
• The DCEP process in Ilam calculated specific greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potentials for various technologies: 0.076 MTCO2e per 5 Watt-peak for solar, 4.88 MTCO2e for a 6m3 biogas plant, and 1.94 MTCO2e per 1 kW of micro hydro.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2013). Case Studies on Low Emission Development. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Asia-LEDS-Partnership-Case-Study-Nepals-District-Climate-and-Energy-Plans.pdf

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Case Studies on Low Emission Development. 2013. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Asia-LEDS-Partnership-Case-Study-Nepals-District-Climate-and-Energy-Plans.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2013case, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Case Studies on Low Emission Development}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2013}, month = feb, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Asia-LEDS-Partnership-Case-Study-Nepals-District-Climate-and-Energy-Plans.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }