CLIMATE RISK PROFILE NEPAL
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| Download | pub_1628440189182.pdf | USAID CCIS_Climate Risk Profile_Nepal.pdf | 324.83 KB | application/pdf | View Document |
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- IEC/ Training & Advocacy Tools
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- USAID Nepal
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- English
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- A landlocked country located in the Himalayan mountain range, Nepal is one of the world’s poorest developing countries, with a quarter of its population living in poverty. It is highly vulnerable to climate change and has already experienced changes in temperature and precipitation at a faster rate than the global average. Impacts from these changes will have wide-ranging consequences. Nepal is exposed to a range of water-related hazards, including floods and landslides. These hazards are often triggered by rapid snow- and ice melt in the mountains and extreme, torrential rainfall episodes in the foothills during the monsoon season.
