Nepal

Region: Nepal

Nepal:

Projects
16
Resources
13
Stories
72
Completed
Project
Completed
Heat action in cities in Bangladesh and Nepal

This project is working with the cities Rajshahi in Bangladesh and Nepalgunj in Nepal to develop heat action plans and take substantial action before the next heat season.

Resource
25th March 2021
POLICY BRIEF: Supporting climate action through gender-responsive budgeting in Nepal This policy brief discusses the major knowledge gaps in gender-responsive budgeting, and gives recommendations for strengthening the implementation of gender-responsive strategies to build a sustainable, climate-resilient society.
Feature
8th December 2020
Kathmandu, Nepal - The plight of construction workers during the global pandemic In Kathmandu, Nepal, construction workers are particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fall-out. An individual construction manager is supporting his fellow workers with food and accommodation to make up for insufficient government support. Krishna Bahadur Khadka and Rubina Adhikari report.
Feature
27th October 2020
Nepal - Managing misinformation during COVID-19 In Nepal, a local network called the “Accountability Lab Nepal” is debunking rumours during the pandemic - a way of working that is important for longer term resilience. Suresh Chandis and Bikin Ghimire report as part of the 'Voices from the Frontline' series.
Feature
15th September 2020
Lessons from the pandemic - Nepal is learning to transform its agricultural sector In Nepal, coronavirus-related lockdowns have damaged households' food security and ability to access adequate nutrition. Thankfully, rapid adoption of new farming and gardening methods, and systems for agricultural inputs and marketing are helping people to adapt successfully.
Feature
7th September 2020
Kunni Kharka, Nepal: The plight of Dalit communities during an unprecedented crisis In Kunni Kharka, Nepal, a Dalit community is using collective savings and strengthening community bonds to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. Naresh Kumar Shreshtha reports. This is the fourteenth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN.
Feature
10th August 2020
Kathmandu, Nepal - Young people lead innovative initiatives during COVID-19 pandemic In Kathmandu, Nepal, youth-led enterprises are developing social and economic resilience to sustain their business activities during the pandemic. Krishna Bahadur Khadka and Rubina Adhikari report. This is the tenth of the 'Voices from the Frontline' stories by ICCCAD and CDKN.
Feature
7th April 2020
Strengthening local capacities for climate-smart agriculture - Insights from Nepal Aastha Bhusal and Laxman Khatri from the Nepali NGO LI-BIRD share their first-hand insights of how farmers are gaining knowledge of climate-smart practices and boosting their communities’ resilience in Gandaki province, Nepal.
Completed
Project
Completed
Enhancing upstream-downstream cooperation and equitable water access in Nepal

This project seeks to contribute to climate adaptive and inclusive water governance by encouraging evidence-informed decision-making at local, provincial and federal levels of government.

Completed
Project
Completed
Supporting climate compatible agricultural development in Nepal

This project aims to mainstream Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices into provincial and local government policies and planning.

Feature
17th December 2019
Benefits of a circular economy - A view from Nepal The circular economy is an alternative to the linear economic model which ends in product disposal. This is why it is gaining much attention globally and is widely popular among businesses – report Kaustuv Raj Neupane and Rachana Upadhyaya
News
15th November 2019
New CDKN guide unpacks IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land for South Asian decision-makers CDKN has launched a new publication which unpacks the IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land for decision-makers in South Asia - with all the headline findings they need to know about the interaction of climate change and land and the impact on societies and ecosystems.