A comprehensive priority framework to support and provide strategic direction to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, its technical services and agencies for the implementation of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) priorities in agriculture and allied sectors.

Bhutan recognizes the provision of safety, health and welfare in the workplace as a prerequisite for economic and spiritual development, poverty reduction and the road to Gross National Happiness. The National Occupational Health and Safety Policy aspires to be congruent with the philosophy of Gross National Happiness and reflects various inputs ranging from social, spiritual, cultural and environmental aspects.

This Country Status Report has, primarily reviewed the commitments made by Nepal at Rio’92 by presenting and appraising key strategies, policies, instruments, and programs for promoting sustainable development and sustainable mountain development. It has also analyzed and indicated Nepal’s position on major global agendas and its commitments to promote the Rio+20 agenda – green economy and poverty alleviation.

Re-examining the environmental issues and related policies from the perspective of the poor helps in understanding the linkages between them and in identifying the constraints faced by poor people in their day to day lives. With this understanding, the National Planning Commission (NPC) organised a national workshop on "Environments of the Poor in the Context of Climate Change and the Green Economy" to discuss specific research and policy issues.

Realizing the pivotal role of irrigation in increasing agricultural production and productivity, Nepalese farmers have been traditionally investing in development and expansion of their irrigation systems. Since the beginning of planned development process in the country, His Majesty's Government has made investments and timely changes in policies, programs and project. Such past efforts have made substantial improvement in the available irrigation infrastructures, human resources and institutional built up in the public and private sectors.

Whereas, it is expedient to make legal provision to reduce, control and regulate the import, production, sales and distribution and consumption of tobacco products as smoking and tobacco consumption are very injurious to human health and they also have negative impact on activity of society, economy and culture; and Whereas, it is expedient to control such activities in order to improve the health, facility and economic interest of general public: Now, therefore, be enacted by the Constituent Assembly, pursuant to Sub-Article (1) of Article 83 of the Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2006.

This is Nepal's Investment Plan for funding under the Scaling-up Renewable Energy Program (SREP). The objectives of SREP in Nepal are to: leverage complementary credit, grant and private sector equity cofinancing, bring about transformational impacts through scaling up energy access using renewable energy technologies (RETs), poverty reduction, gender and social inclusiveness and climate change mitigation, and ensure sustainable operations through technical assistance and capacity building.

The objectives of the study are: Identify how forest ecosystems support enhancement of adaptive capacity of local communities; Analyze win-win roles of forests for climate change mitigation and adaptation (using multi-criteria analysis); Analyze policy gaps in Nepal to bring forests in the forefront of climate change adaptation while enhancing mitigation performance; and Recommend policy framework to integrate adaptation roles of forest to mitigation function (how REDD+ and NAPA go together).

The Master Plan largely focuses to Open Defecation Free (ODF) with universal access to toilet in both the urban and rural context through the total sanitation approach. It has recognized the improved toilet facilities as defined by the Joint Program Monitoring (JMP) Report of UNICEF and WHO. Apart from ODF and toilet coverage, it has encouraged hygiene behaviors at household level and institutional sanitation. And total behavioral change is the envisaged end product of the sanitation and hygiene interventions.

Forests are proved to be an efficient and economical method for reducing emission and reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Hence, a payment mechanism for Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, Conservation of existing forest carbon and Enhancement of forest carbon through sustainable forest management, called as REDD plus, is emerging globally. In Nepal, several piloting projects are being implemented since 2009 to develop methodologies and mechanisms on different aspects of REDD+ that contribute national