State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
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Adopting a low-emission and climate-resilient development pathway in Nepal
Nepal has made significant efforts towards low-emission development, using government tools to encourage finance flows towards climate action. However, achieving its ambitions will be difficult given current
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Powered by women: driving sustainability and innovation through gender diversity in Nepal's hydropower sector
IFC launched Powered by Women (PbW) Nepal initiative in September 2020 to help hydropower firms realize the benefits of gender equality and diversity. The program, which ended in June 2023, used a peer-to-peer
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Coping with climate shocks: food security in a spatial framework
Develop a quantitative spatial general equilibrium model with heterogeneous house-holds and multiple locations to study households’ vulnerability to food insecurity from cli-mate shocks. In the model,
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National strategy for electrification of public transport in Nepal
Nepal, as a signatory of the Paris Agreement, filed its second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2020. The NDC set a target for the adaptation of electric vehicles in the country’s public transport
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Gender equality and social inclusion in a just energy transition
Universal access to affordable clean energy continues to be a challenge across the globe. Women’s and marginalised groups’ access to clean energy services and green technologies remains constrained by
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The relations between climate change and child labour in agriculture
Climate change-related events undermine children’s educational attainment, exposing them to child labour, hazardous work and forced migration. This nexus is particularly relevant for agriculture and its
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Sustainable management of crop residues in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan: challenges and solutions
This paper provides a subregional overview on the status of crop residue management in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. Based on findings from national studies undertaken, the paper provides a summary
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Accessing climate finance in Nepal: issues and options
This document summarizes findings from a workshop and a series of consultations organized by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) and Nepal’s Ministry of Finance (MoF). It aims to support development
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Multilateral Development Bank efforts to mainstream climate adaptation: progress from the perspectives of three countries
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) are expected to play a critical role in closing the gap between the volume of finance needed by developing countries to prepare for climate change and the amount of