Latest additions to the knowledge base

This brief offers insights into the Inter-Province Resource Pooling mechanism in western Nepal to leverage existing resources in an efficient and predictive manner and improve coordination among stakeholders in the event of a mega-disaster.

This technical report assesses the string of events that triggered Nepal’s Melamchi River floods in 2021 and highlights threats to the catchment area that provides vital drinking water to Kathmandu’s fast-growing population.

The Strengthening Urban Preparedness, Earthquake Preparedness, and Response in Western Region of Nepal (SUPER) Project worked to empower provincial and local governing units and to enhance their earthquake preparedness and urban readiness.

This report investigates key climate change hazards affecting Nepali households and livelihoods, and analyses their distributional impacts by combining spatial distributions of exposure with measures of socio-economic vulnerability and coping ability.

Due to climate change, the future Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) risk is more likely in the Himalayas. Despite several GLOF studies, little attention has been given to the combined or cascading GLOF events.

To prepare the local government and community to respond before, during, and after shocks, Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality organised a functional level forecast-based action-shock responsive social protection (FbA-SRSP) simulation in September 2023.

This seismic risk profile of Nepal, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

Climate change is leading to patterns of disease outbreaks in new and unexpected ways in urban areas. This piece looks at how nature-based solutions can help address some of the challenges for urban health.