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Climate Risks, Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience in Nepal

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dc.contributor.authorAmadio, M.
dc.contributor.authorBehrer, A.P.
dc.contributor.authorBosch, L.
dc.contributor.authorKaila, H.K.
dc.contributor.authorKrishnan, N.
dc.contributor.authorMolinario, G.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-10T21:44:52Z
dc.date.available2023-11-10T21:44:52Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-10
dc.description.abstractThe authors investigate key climate change hazards affecting Nepali households and livelihoods: river flooding, heat exposure, drought, landslides, and air pollution. The authors analyze the distributional impacts of these hazards by combining spatial distributions of exposure with measures of socio-economic vulnerability and coping ability. While landslides are more likely to occur in the northern mountainous areas of Nepal, the southern parts of Nepal are at higher exposure to river flooding, heat, and drought hazards. Coping ability is highest in the southern lowlands (Terai) and urban settlements, which leaves northern, mountainous areas more vulnerable, despite being less affected. New human settlements in mountainous areas are built on steeper slopes as flat land in valleys has become scarce, which increases their vulnerability to floods and landslides. Forward modelling (2041-2060) shows increasing severity of heat and intensifying extreme rainfall. The increase in extreme precipitation events affects particularly the historically less-affected western provinces with relatively low economic development. Overall, the northern parts of the country will require concerted support to withstand shocks, and in the south, investments in agricultural livelihoods will be needed to support adaptation to climate risk. Proactive, spatially targeted investments are needed by all levels of government to mitigate the welfare impacts of these diverse climate change hazards. National investments in human capital are required to transform Nepali livelihoods in line with a green transition.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099101723131016260/P1745410e446a90bc0b641078c27095fc12
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40597
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40597
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATE RISKS
dc.subjectRIVER FLOODING
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectLANDSLIDES
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectRESILIENCE
dc.titleClimate Risks, Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience in Nepalen
dc.typeReport
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.associatedcontenthttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/38012 Nepal Country Climate and Development Report
okr.crossref.titleClimate Risks, Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience in Nepal
okr.date.disclosure2023-11-10
okr.date.lastmodified2023-10-31T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Environmental Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099101723131016260/P1745410e446a90bc0b641078c27095fc12
okr.guid099101723131016260
okr.identifier.docmidP174541-e446a9cc-792b-40bc-b641-78c27095fc12
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40597
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34181570
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34181570
okr.identifier.report185309
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okr.importedtrueen
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099101723131016260/pdf/P1745410e446a90bc0b641078c27095fc12.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryNepal
okr.sectorPublic Administration - Social Protection,Central Government (Central Agencies)
okr.themeInclusive Growth,Municipal Institution Building,Data Development and Capacity Building,Economic Policy,Rural Development,Economic Growth and Planning,Public Sector Management,Urban and Rural Development,Geospatial Services,Data production, accessibility and use,Public Administration
okr.topicEnvironment::Adaptation to Climate Change
okr.topicEnvironment::Air Quality & Clean Air
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Disasters & Degradation
okr.unitEFI-SAR-POV-Poverty and Equity (ESAPV)
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