Nepal is one of the most disaster-prone countries in South Asia and is highly exposed to both extreme weather events and an evolving array of climate change-related hazards. In the Himalayas, dynamic geomorphological processes and volatile meteorological conditions can combine to produce cascading disasters which cause intense patterns of loss and damage downstream. As hazard regimes shift, critical analyses are needed to understand the shifting dimensions of risk to downstream communities, evolving patterns of social vulnerability, and the ways in which critical infrastructures may be exposed and disrupted. New tools, modes of coordination, and interdisciplinary collaborations are also needed to formulate scalable and sustainable early warning system (EWS) approaches. This project engages disaster and climate risk management institutions in Nepal and aims to develop new systems that can augment and elaborate on existing models and approaches while also linking efforts across diverse sites and scales.
Current institutional partners are People in Need-Nepal and the Institute for Himalayan Risk Reduction. The project also closely coordinates with Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Management Authority (NDRRMA).
This project was co-created and developed with seed funding from The McConnell Foundation. The McConnell Foundation, The Saga Foundation, Start Network, and The Prudence Foundation generously support this project.
Photo Credit: Melamchi Bazaar, June 2021. Pravin Lamsal – Geovation, Nepal Flying Labs
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