United Nations Development Programme

Increase the incomes of small holder farmers through value chain development of vegetables and fruit in Bagmati Province and Gandaki Pradesh in Nepal.

European Union Support to Inclusive Federalism through institutional capacity building of the provincial and local bodies in Karnali.

Nepal is warming at nearly twice the global average, with urban areas facing severe heat stress. In the southern Terai, extreme heat and humidity are driving rapid growth in energy demand for cooling, increasing emissions and placing significant stress on energy infrastructure. Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City (DSMC) in Sudurpaschim Province experiences recurrent heatwaves during May–August, with temperatures frequently exceeding 40°C. Climate variability, rapid and unplanned urbanization, loss of green spaces, and limited energy-efficient infrastructure exacerbate risks to public health, livelihoods, and essential services, disproportionately affecting low-income households, outdoor workers, and residents of poorly insulated housing. Impacts include heat-related illness and mortality, school disruptions, and reduced functionality of public facilities. Nepal is warming at nearly twice the global average, with urban areas facing severe heat stress. In the southern Terai, extreme heat and humidity are driving rapid growth in energy demand for cooling, increasing emissions and placing significant stress on energy infrastructure. DSMC experiences recurrent heatwaves during May–August, with temperatures frequently exceeding 40°C. Climate variability, rapid and unplanned urbanization, loss of green spaces, and limited energy-efficient infrastructure exacerbate risks to public health, livelihoods, and essential services, disproportionately affecting low-income households, outdoor workers, and residents of poorly insulated housing. Impacts include heat-related illness and mortality, school disruptions, and reduced functionality of public facilities.

Sustainable Tourism for Livelihood Improvement Project (STLRP) to address the issue of poverty and unemployment in Gandaki Province

Building on past urban preparedness and drawing learnings from recent disasters, the action aims to institutionalize operational urban and earthquake preparedness and response in targeted provinces and municipalities and link it with federal mechanism. With inclusion at the heart of the action, addressing specific needs of vulnerable groups especially women, children and persons with disabilities, it also intends to upscale interventions in project area and beyond. The key result areas: i)Government-led operational system for urban and earthquake preparedness institutionalized at provincial and local level for effective response ii) Coordination and information management strengthened at provincial and municipal levels, aligned with national framework, for disaster risk governance; iii) Enhanced policy engagement for scalability of disaster preparedness and response mechanism at federal, provincial, and local levels.It has been identified based on deeper risk analysis, consultation with federal, provincial, and municipal governments and development partners engaged in similar interventions, lessons learned from the recent earthquakes including Jajarkot earthquake & learnings from SUPER. Under the leadership of the NDRRMA, provincial government and municipalities, the project will be implemented by a UNDP led consortium with UNICEF and UN WOMEN and HI, and in close coordination with RCO, WHO, PIN, NRCS, CSOs and other development partners and will engage parliamentarians, various association of municipalities, government training institutions, media and private sector. In the ongoing federalization context, the Action aims to institutionalize urban preparedness including continuity of essential services such as ambulance, fire service, water supply, electricity, access for relief etc. through policy and procedures, knowledge transfer and capacity development, financing arrangement and partnership and will contribute to create environment for upscaling.

Sustainable Tourism for Livelihood Improvement Project (STLRP) to address the issue of poverty and unemployment in Gandaki Province