COUNTRY SNAPSHOT

This fact sheet describes the support provided by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) to the Government of Nepal to strengthen its climate change policy-making, economic impact assessments, and international negotiation strategies as of March 2013.

• CDKN has provided technical assistance to the Government of Nepal since 2011 to improve its strategic participation in UNFCCC negotiations, including training for the Core Negotiating Team (CNT). This support contributed to better coordination of delegates at COP18 in Doha, where Nepal also organized a side-event on 'Mainstreaming Mountains in the Climate Agenda'.
• A CDKN-supported project is helping the Government of Nepal determine the economic costs of climate change, specifically focusing on the agriculture and water sectors. The project includes capacity building for 25 participants from NGOs, academic institutions, and relevant ministries to ensure findings are used in policy-making, such as the national 3-year development plan.
• Between November 2011 and March 2013, CDKN partner ISET-Nepal and the World Food Programme (WFP) integrated climate indicators into the Nepal Food Security Monitoring System (NeKSAP). This process involved field testing household questionnaires and district indicators in the districts of Rautahat, Udaypur, and Parbat.
• A research project running from August 2012 to January 2014 is assessing climate change impacts on the Koshi River Basin to recommend adaptation actions and policy innovations. The project has studied stream flows, precipitation, and temperature trends, and is moving toward a socioeconomic vulnerability assessment.
• Local communities in Nepal have developed indigenous disaster response mechanisms, such as bamboo spur check dams and gabion wires in Dhansinghpur VDC, and community-managed disaster preparedness networks in Pathraiya VDC, Kailali district, though these efforts are often undocumented.

APA

Shahi, P. (2013). COUNTRY SNAPSHOT. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Nepal-Country-Snapshot-10-March-13-2.pdf

Chicago

Shahi, Pragati. COUNTRY SNAPSHOT. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Nepal-Country-Snapshot-10-March-13-2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{shahi2013country, author = {Shahi, Pragati}, title = {{COUNTRY SNAPSHOT}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2013}, month = mar, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Nepal-Country-Snapshot-10-March-13-2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }