2. Global Warming and
its effects
•Global warming is happening and it is
continuous.
•It is estimated that average annual
temperature rise of is about 0.8°C .
•Global warming is rising due to higher
quantity of green house gases mainly
CO2 produced from burning of fossil
fuels that is being emitted into the
atmosphere from human activities
•It is expected to rise about 2°C by 2050
and 4°C by end of this century if co2
emission goes business as usual.
• This global warming has effected the
natural climate system and have brought
variation across the world.
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Climate Change in Nepal
3. Impacts of climate change in Nepal
Global warming impacts in
Nepal
•Our country nepal is also not free
from the impacts of global
warming .
• The average annual temperature
rise is about 0.6°C
•Higher Himalayas are facing a
high of 0.8°C and low land plains
are facing 0.4°C of temperature
rise.
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6. Mitigating the Impacts of climate change in Nepal
What initiatives could be undertaken to mitigate these impacts?
Mitigating the consequences of climate change due to anthropogenic
emission of Co2 and CH4 in the atmosphere in order to limit the temperature
rise up to 2°C is the major concern of whole world so as our country Nepal.
The need to act has never been more urgent. We need to
I. Act Now – Energy Revolution from fossil to low or no carbon
II. Act Together – Global partnership on emission reduction
and carbon financing
III. Act Differently – Policy and legislations for climate change
mitigation and actions
11. Conclusions
Nepal is also severely facing the consequences of climate change.
The country faces the melting of snow in higher altitudes and
drought and floods in downstream as major impacts jeopardizing
agricultural production, water resources, human health and
biodiversity
Nepal has initiated its climate adaptation and mitigation actions
through policy provision, National Adaptation Program of actions
(NAPA), Local level Adaptation Plan of Action(LAPA) promotion of
solar energy, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Reducing
Emission From Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) and
existing policy amendments as major.
Promotion of Renewable Energy Access is now gaining popularity
but
Use of Low carbon energy resources is not yet noticeable.
12. References
• Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fourth
Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change Core Writing Team, Pachauri, R.K. and Reisinger, A.
(Eds.) IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. pp 104
• http://www.mikeldunham.blogs.com/mikeldunham/2010/10/
nepal-is-4th-country-most-at-risk-from-climate-change.html
• http://www.hidcl.org.np/nepal-hydropower.php
• www.doanepal.gov.np