Between 2017 and 2020, more than1.8 million people were affected by climate-induced disasters in Nepal, according to the Nepal Disaster Risk Reduction Portal. As extreme weather events become more ...
Nearly half the country is under forest cover. Despite meeting these decarbonisation goals, Nepal’s hydropower plants are threatened by increased risk due to climate impact. The 456MW Upper Tamakosi ...
Apa Sherpa is a professional mountaineer from Thame, Nepal who has summited Everest 19 times. Over the last 20 years he has been witness to the impacts of climate change in the Himalayan region. My ...
PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/AFP Nepal is fighting a surge in dengue cases, a potentially deadly disease once unheard of in the country's high-altitude Himalayan regions, as climate change and urbanisation ...
A recent study by Nepali and Australian researchers found that, under a severe climate change scenario, snow leopards "may entirely disappear" from Nepal within the next three decades.