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Economics of Climate Change and its Vulnerability all over Nepal for Adaptation and Mitigation

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  • Bista, Raghu

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Nepal has climate variability in which temperature has slow and gradual growth over time period and the pattern, intensity and distribution of rainfall and precipitation have instable and fluctuation. Its distribution and impact all over the country is different in accordance with altitude, geography and resilience of the community. Climate vulnerability and its effects have heterogeneous pattern across altitude, geography and resilience of the community. This paper estimated climate vulnerability in the different parts of Nepal through Index Method for finding its rank and distribution by using the secondary data sets of indicators. The estimation result of climate vulnerability of Nepal rank was 0.43. It shows the variation of temperature and rainfall. In its distribution, Kathmandu had 0.61. It was the highest vulnerable district categorized into the Ist Rank. However, Dolpa had 0.18. It was the lowest vulnerable district categorized into 27th Rank. Lamjung District had 0.43. Its rank was 14th. Thus, climate vulnerability occurs heterogeneously all over the country. Therefore, economic policy should be adaptative and mitigative to address climate induced vulnerability and poverty.

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  • Bista, Raghu, 2018. "Economics of Climate Change and its Vulnerability all over Nepal for Adaptation and Mitigation," MPRA Paper 100625, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 15 Feb 2018.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:100625
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    1. Boshe, Fredrick & Venus, Terese & Vrachioli, Maria & Khatri-Chhetri, Arun & Sauer, Johannes, 2021. "Measuring Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Under Climate Variability: A Micro Study from Nepal," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315039, International Association of Agricultural Economists.

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    Keywords

    Poverty; Climate Variability; Vulnerability; Index Method; Nepal;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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