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Nepal - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
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National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change – those for which further delay would increase vulnerability and/or costs at a later stage. The following summarizes the NAPA for Nepal.
Description
The objective of this project is to prepare, through a country-driven consultative process, a comprehensive programme of action for Nepal to adapt to the likely impacts of global warming and to mainstream climate change issues in the development plans and programmes to safeguard the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Climate Related Hazards: To be determined.
Main Human Vulnerabilities and Livelihood Impacts: To be determined.
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 of Action for Climate Change in Nepal is developed
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Contacts:
UNDP Regional Technical Advisor
- Gernot Laganda
- UNDP Regional Centre Bangkok
- Tel: +66 (0)2288 2644
- Email: gernot.laganda@undp.org
