Nepal Government introduced the ‘Strategy for Resilient Local Communities 2018’ to strengthen local level participation in climate change and disaster management.
According to the strategy published by the Ministry of Federal Affairs & General Administration, the model aims to introduce climate change and disaster management into development activities at the lower level.
Emphasizing the role of all three governments in bringing about the desired results, the constitution has also put local levels in charge of disaster risk reduction and disaster management.
The Strategy for Resilient Local Communities 2018 aims to define roles and working areas of the local levels & communities by identifying:
Expected outcomes of the strategy include:
Concerned authorities will implement resilience development action in three phases:
Climate change has been an important concern for Nepal which has been discussed in most conferences such as COP24 and Asia Pacific Summit 2018.
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