Three Climate and Health Lessons from Nepal Ahead of COP28

Caitlin Rublee; Bishnu Bhatta; Suresh Tiwari; Suman Pant

doi:10.31478/202311f

Three Climate and Health Lessons from Nepal Ahead of COP28

Caitlin Rublee, Bishnu Bhatta, Suresh Tiwari, Suman Pant

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Perched on the southern slope of the Himalayas, between two massive greenhouse gas–emitting countries—India and China—is Nepal. Nepal is a low-income, landlocked nation in South Asia and one of the nations that are most vulnerable to climate change because of its fragile mountainous ecosystems, climate-sensitive topography, strong reliance on natural resources, and constrained capacity to address climate variations and extreme weather events. It has a population of 30 million people and is divided into three main geographic regions, each with distinct characteristics based on elevation and topography: the Terai Region, Hilly or Hill Region, and Mountain or Himalayan Region. Both the Global Climate Risk Index (for weather-related events like floods and heat waves) and the INFORM risk index (for humanitarian crises and disasters) have placed Nepal on the high-risk list (Asian Disaster Preparedness Center and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2019).

Original language	English
Number of pages	7
Journal	NAM Perspectives
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.31478/202311f
Publication status	Published - 29 Nov 2023
Externally published	Yes

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