Development, climate change, people, policy, water, and activism- my blog has always had these contents- some serious stuff. But today I am taking a different path- a path where I explore happiness of people. It all about development again, but wait I am not going to share serious things- just few pictures of people and…
At the moment, 16-year-olds in Nepal are sitting exams for the School Leaving Certificate (SLC); the so-called “iron gate” which will decide whether they lead lives of uneducated futility, or are allowed to pass on to – possibly – better things. Most have little reason to be hopeful. Last year only 13 per cent of…
Scientists have found fresh evidence of retreating glaciers in the eastern Himalayas in India and Nepal, though the water flow in numerous Himalayan rivers will not decline significantly, an international institute said here on Monday. “Multiple researchers presented evidence of the retreat of glaciers in the eastern Himalayas, but suggested that river flows will not…
For decades, governments around the world have tried to cut emissions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere so global warming stays below a 2 degree rise by the end of the century. That target is not likely to be met. But there is another kind of carbon – tiny soot particles given off by vehicles,…
Nepal ratified the protocol on September 16, 2005 and became the signatory of the protocol on 14 December, 2005. Nepal is categorized as non annex countries. Hence the country is not obliged to set a reduction target like the Annex I countries and it can only participate in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the…
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