Nepal Climate Change Documents

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The Ministry of Forests and Environment is a governmental body of Nepal responsible for conserving forests and managing the environment in the country. Its website hosts a series of Nepal climate change documents.

Its main purposes are to enhance sustainable growth of the forest and water sectors to manage the biodiversity, flora, and fauna and to increase the development of forest-related enterprises to combat poverty throughout the rural areas of Nepal.

The Ministry’s divisions include:

Planning, Monitoring, and Coordination Division
Climate Change Management Division
Forest and Watershed Division
Participatory Forest Division
Environment and Biodiversity Division
Administration Divison

The Climate Change Management Division (CCMD), under the Ministry of Forests and Environment, was formed in 2018. The Division functions as a central nodal agency on climate change. It leads the formulation of climate change-related policies, plans, and programs, implements them in coordination with government and non-government organizations, and monitor their implementation. It also works as a focal point for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The Ministry’s departments include:

Department of Forests and Soil Conservation
Department of Plant Resources
Forest Research and Training Centre
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation
Department of Environment
REDD Implementation Centre

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IWRM Implementation in Nepal: Harmonizing Water Demand and Supply Dynamics

IWRM Implementation in Nepal: Harmonizing water demand and supply Dynamics The study is part of a series of studies developed under ADPC's CARE for South Asia project and reviews the status of implementation of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in Nepal. The review discusses the current implementation mechanism of IWRM and resource allocation between competing [...]

IWRM Implementation in Nepal: Harmonizing Water Demand and Supply Dynamics

Assessment of Water Sector Policies and Guidelines of Nepal: Identifying Gaps and Assessing Needs

The report presents a comprehensive review of the policies, strategies, plans, and legislations related to the water resources sector in Nepal. The report also outlines recommendations of proactive plan and the roadmap to adapt to the challenges imposed by climate change by adopting a science-based decision-making approach. The country’s policies appear to be climate responsive [...]

Assessment of Water Sector Policies and Guidelines of Nepal: Identifying Gaps and Assessing Needs

Water Harvesting Assessment: Strengthening Water Security in Nepal

OverviewOverview Ensuring water security in rural agrarian societies, is an appropriate strategy of climate adaptation and building resilience in the battle against climate change. Water harvesting and water storage, strengthens water security which can also help attain food security. Different mechanisms like irrigation in agriculture to increase production, and energy security through the adoption of [...]

Water Harvesting Assessment: Strengthening Water Security in Nepal

Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience in South Asia’s Water Sector

SummaryDetailsSuggest an EditSummary This training module on Promoting Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Climate Resilience in the Water Sector in South Asia is designed for the capacity building of practitioners and policymakers working on the management of water resources or having an influence on the water sector, such as the Ministry of Water Resources, Environment, Agriculture, [...]

Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilience in South Asia’s Water Sector

Accessing Climate Finance in Nepal: Issues and Options

SummaryDetailsSuggest an EditSummary The document on Accessing Climate Finance in Nepal: Issues and Options helps summarize key points from a stakeholders’ workshop under the leadership of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on 8 September 2022 in Kathmandu, Nepal. It notes that funding must be clearly defined in Nepal to guide the country’s development and sustainability [...]

Accessing Climate Finance in Nepal: Issues and Options

Nepal Landslide Risks for Resilient Road Planning

SummaryDetailsSummary This research paper focuses on the heightened Nepal landslide risks in mountainous areas due to extreme precipitation induced by climate change. These landslides have increasingly affected vital road infrastructure, crucial for urban economies and rural communities. The study employs advanced models to project future extreme rainfall patterns, developing high-resolution landslide hazard assessments using a [...]

Nepal Landslide Risks for Resilient Road Planning

Nepal Climate Change Policy 2011

Climate Change Policy 2011 of Nepal is based on the goal to improve livelihoods by mitigating and adapting to the adverse impacts of climate change and adopting a low carbon emission socio-economic development path. It outlines policies for climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, low carbon development, and climate resilience.

Nepal Climate Change Policy 2011

Nepal National Climate Change Policy, 2076 (2019)

National Climate Change Policy, 2076 ( 2019) of Nepal is based on the goal to contribute to socio-economic prosperity by building a climate-resilient society. The policy also outlines the objectives, the sectoral policy, strategies and working policies etc.

Nepal National Climate Change Policy, 2076 (2019)

Nepal National Policy for Disaster Risk Reduction 2018

National Policy for Disaster Risk Reduction of Nepal, 2018 is based on the goal to reduce disaster mortality and the number of affected people by increasing disaster resilience. The policy also outlines the policy implementation, its coordination, monitoring and evaluation etc.

Nepal National Policy for Disaster Risk Reduction 2018

Nepal Water Resources Act

Water Resources Act, 2049 (1992) of Nepal provides for the management of water resources in Nepal. It covers areas like utilization of water resources for drinking, irrigation, agricultural use etc. It also includes provisions of license for a person or corporate body to survey or utilize water resources.

Nepal Water Resources Act

Nepal Hydropower Development Policy 2058 (2001)

Hydropower Development Policy, 2058 (2001) provides for development of hydro power in the Nepal with the objectives to: generate electricity at low cost by utilizing the water resources available in the country; extend reliable and qualitative electric service throughout Nepal at a reasonable price; tie-up electrification with the economic activities; render support for the development [...]

Nepal Hydropower Development Policy 2058 (2001)

Barrier Analysis and Technology Action Plan for Mitigation Technologies

Barrier Analysis and Technology Action Plan for Mitigation technologies of Nepal includes chapters on themes like – the agriculture sector, energy sector, forestry sector, etc.