This document discusses Nepal's national climate change policies and civil society's role in influencing their implementation. It outlines Nepal's key climate change policies from 2010-2013, including the National Adaptation Program of Action, the Climate Change Policy, and the Local Adaptation Plan of Action framework. It describes how civil society organizations have implemented on-the-ground adaptation actions, built capacity, and generated evidence to influence policymaking through interactions with policymakers. It calls for a focus on implementing existing adaptation plans, identifying agents for implementation, fostering regional knowledge exchange, prioritizing national priorities in international negotiations, and speeding up the climate change negotiation process.

1. Civil society lessons on influencing
national adaptation policies in Nepal
Southern Voices on Climate Change Workshop
22-23 April, 2014
Kathmandu, Nepal

2. 2010
• National Adaptation Program of
Action (NAPA)
2011
•Climate Change Policy
2012
• Local Adaptation Plan of Action
(LAPA) National Framework
CC Policy Landscape in Nepal
2013
• Climate change budget code
• Initiate NAP process

3. Planning to Implementation
 VA
 Identification of Adaptation
Options
 Prioritization
 Integration in other development
plans
 Implementation

4. The LAPA framework

5. Actions on the ground
Hanging Nursery
Seed Banks
Farmer’s School

6. Farmer’s School
Actions…..
Water conservation practices

7. Capacity Building – Bottom up planning
Actions…

8. Linking Practice to Policy
Actions on the Ground
Generation of Evidence -
Identification of Gaps
Interaction between policy
makers and practitioners
(through roundtables, policy dialogues)
Influencing Policy Making

9. Climate Policy Discussions in Districts
and villages

10. 2011: Implementation Status of CC Policy
2012: Implementation Status of NAPA
2013: Investigating CC Adaptation finance
National Roundtables: Facilitating dialogues
between Policy Makers and Practitioners

11. From Policy to Practice
Policy formulation National to local level
Adaptation Planning CbA & EbA
Actions on the Ground Capacity Building &
Implementation
Monitoring Sustainability &
enhancing resilience
Knowledge Platform Learning and Sharing

12. From policy to practice…
10 %
10 %
80 %

13. Way forward
National level
o Focus on implementation
rather only planning: 1000s
of CAPs, 100s of LAPAs
developed but limited attention
on implementation
o Identify agents for
implementation: there are
clearly spelled out goals,
objectives and optimistic targets
Regional (South Asia) level
o Foster exchange of
knowledge: We already have a
number of good practices to
learn from each other
International negotiation level
o Heed to the national
priorities: Development
agencies working in /supporting
their own preferences
o Speed up the process: CC
negotiation has taken lot of time

14. Thank you!
Clean Energy Nepal
www.cen.org.np