This project, Economic Impact Assessment of Climate Change in Key Sectors in Nepal, is being undertaken at the request of the Government of Nepal, and is supported by Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN). This project was initiated to address the target as included in the Climate Change Policy...
Nepal Status Paper: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 (Rio+20) synopsis is a process-driven document and an outcome of discussions and deliberations among civil society, government and non-government stakeholders, parliamentarians and local communities. The findings suggest that Nepal has made significant progress on the policy, legislation and institutional aspects...
Sustainable Development Goals: Status and Roadmap 2016-2030 takes stock of Nepal’s development status and projects a roadmap to 2030 with intermediate milestones in 2019 (end of the 14th periodic plan), 2022 (anticipated date for graduation from LDC status), and 2025 (vantage point for an accelerated development phase). It highlights major...
Despite holding a mammoth potential for generating clean hydropower, every three in ten rural Nepalese continue to live in darkness. They lack access to the national grid, and the generation of electricity is centralized which is barely keeping up with rising demand as the country urbanizes fast. The national target...
Nepal's Sustainable Development Agenda aims to guide and influence national-level planning and policies up to 2017. The agenda presented draws upon and is in conformity with the longer term goals envisaged in the Ninth Plan (1997-2002), the Tenth Plan (2002-2007), the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, the Millennium Development Goals, and...