Nepal: Building local resilience

Zhemgang and Wangdue dzongkhags will receive Nu 27M (USD 600,000) from the UN capital development fund this year for a pilot project to build local resilience or adaptability to the effects of climate change, reports Kuensel online.

“People at the local level will decide for themselves what they need to do to build in adapting to climate change,” UNCDF program analyst, Chencho G Dorjee, said. “They can use the fund for, say, greening activities, rainwater harvesting, or building retaining walls to make the farm road more climate proof.”