Current status and challenges of implementing Climate change and sustainable development goals policies

2.  Introduction to Nepal
 Status at Macro level
 Policies, Institutions
 Status at Micro Level
 Challenges
 Macro level
 Micro level
 Way Foreward

4.  Area= 1,47,181 sq. Km. (land linked)
 Population= 30 million
 Small but diverse: bio, geo, metero..
 Average Temperature rise/year= 0.06^C
 GHG emission = 0.025 % of world emission

5.  4th most vulnerable countries (CCVI, 2010)
 Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs)
 Ice-less Himalaya? ( Mt. everest:330 ft.
vertical loss in last century !)
 By the end of this century: the water flow in
rivers will be lesser..
 Natural Disasters…Land slides
 Drought and Heavy rain
 Agriculture and Food Security…Livelihood…

6.  Polices
 Environment Protection Act, 1996
 Environment Protection Regulation, 1997
 Climate Change Policy, 2011
 National Adaptation Program of Actions, 2010
 Local Adaption Program of Actions, 2011
 Climate Change Vulnerability Mapping of Nepal, 2010
 Periodic National Plan has included CC as a cross cutting
developmental issue
 Climate Change budget code..leading to a Global
Recognition… Leadership award 2013

8.  Institutions:
 Ministry of Population and Environment in 1995
 Now its MoSTE
 Environment Protection Council
 Chaired by Prime minister
 Committee on Sustainable Development Goals
 Chaired by National Planning Commission's VC
 Task forces under NPC Members
 MoSTE is member in Goal 13: Climate Change…….

9.  LAPA is being implemented in 14/75 districts,
69 VDCS + 1 municipalities out of around
4000 units.
 Local Governments are sensitized well about
climate change issues and are making their
own community based local adaptation
programs.
 Department of Environment: implementing
adaptation programs ( eg. Rain water
harvesting, tunnel farming so on, researches,
environment promotion)

10.  Integration of Climate change issue with other sectors?
 E.g. with Natural Disasters Risks, Food Security, Livelihood…
 Coordination among internal as well as external
stakeholders?
 Financing the Adaptation strategies?
 Capacity Development?
 Tackling with the right based agenda (ILO 169..)..over
sensitization?
 Making people CC literate!
 Implementation Green Development concepts
 Creating IKBs

11.  Finding Common CC issues in SA:
 Advocacy in CC forums: In country and
abroad
 Utilizing SAARC forum
 Funding possibilities?
 Awareness programs
 Capacity development

12.  Policies are not enough, but
coordinated implementation is
important.