Nepal National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)

Nepal National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)

Introduction

National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their immediate needs to adapt to climate change, ultimately leading to the implementation of projects aimed at reducing the economic and social costs of climate change.

GEF

Project details

Nepal is largely an agrarian economy and thereby highly sensitive to changes in climate and natural resource availability. Climate change threatens to reduce the effectiveness of development initiatives across Nepal. This will increase the vulnerability of marginalized and poor people in both rural and urban areas of western Nepal. Further increases in the intensity of rain in other parts of Nepal, particularly those where the topography is broken and eroded soils, will experience increased flooding and landslide risks threatening human security, water supplies, and urban infrastructures. Hence, effective climate change adaptation is required.

Adaptation aspects in major sectors like forestry, agriculture, water resources and health are presented in Nepal's National Communication of 2004. Adaptation measure to Climate Change could be approached by intensifying the conservation of drought resistant crop varieties by improving cropping practices to conserve water; and by promoting crop diversification. Several aspects of the vulnerability and impact analysis in agriculture sector can also be improved, for example, development of improved climate scenarios, development of more suitable crop models, and search for alternative analytical approaches.

Source: Nepal NAPA (September, 2010)

Thematic Area
Area
Infrastructure/Climate Change Risk Management
Climate-related hazards addressed:
Disease
Level of intervention
  • National
Key collaborators
  • Country Office
  • National Governments
Primary beneficiaries:

Through improved capacity building and project identification, government agencies and other actors will increase their abilities to insulate at risk urban and rural populations from the adverse effects of climate change.

Implementing agencies and partnering organizations
  • Government of Nepal
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Project status
Completed
Financing amount
200,000
Co-financing total
1,130,000

News

Key results & output

Project Components:

  • Component 1: A National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) is prepared and disseminated.
  • Component 2: A Climate Change Knowledge Management and Learning Platform for Nepal is developed and maintained.
  • Component 3: A multi-stakeholder Framework of Action for Climate Change in Nepal is developed.

Expected Outputs:

  • Output 1: A National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) is prepared and disseminated
  • Output 2: A Climate Change Knowledge Management and Learning Platform for Nepal is developed and maintained
  • Output 3: A multi-stakeholder Framework 

 

Reports & publications

Assessments and Background Documents
Nepal National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) Official Document - September 2010

Videos & multimedia

Links

Newsfeed

Contacts