By: Kabin Maharjan, Eliza Shrestha, Kenisha Shrestha | 1 April 2026 There is now well established climate science which establish climate change causing impacts, losses and damages. But how do we downscale these...
By Arushi Bhargava |8 December 2025 At 4 AM every day in Gandhinagar, a water-stressed city in Gujarat, Rajesh Kumar wakes up—not by choice, but by necessity. There is only a one-hour window when the municipal water supply comes on, and that single hour is...
By Hemant Ojha| 31 December 2025 Introduction In December 2025, I joined a diverse group of researchers, local leaders, community members, and policymakers in Nepal’s Melamchi Valley —a place still bearing the scars of the devastating 2021 flood. Where fertile fields...
By Hemant Ojha | 12 October 2025 As the Adaptation Futures conference opens here in Christchurch, New Zealand, scientists, practitioners, policymakers, and community leaders from across the globe are gathering to address one of the most pressing challenges of...
By Hemant Ojha, Priyanka Gurung, Basundhara Bhattarai, Prabin M Singh, Raju Pandit Chhetri, Pratima Sharma, and Purnima Banjade | 3 November 2023 Key Messages1. Nepal is facing rapid and slow onset climate change induced losses...
By Basundhara Bhattarai | 18 September 2023 It was a fine day in July 2023 when I (along with my team members) was in a village in Timor Leste, situated northeast of Aileu town, a two-hour drive from the capital city of Dili. The road we travelled on was mostly...
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By: Kabin Maharjan, Eliza Shrestha, Kenisha Shrestha | 1 April 2026 There is now well established climate science which establish climate change causing impacts, losses and damages. But how do we downscale these...
Community-based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) plays a crucial role in the livelihoods of Timor-Leste's people and their socio-ecological resilience. Indeed, there is a long history of traditional and community-led CBNRM practices in the country. The Ministry of...
The 2015 Constitution of Nepal envisages Local Governments (LGs) as pivotal actors in climate action and local development. However, this potential remains underutilized. Persistent institutional constraints, including ambiguous roles, limited human resource...
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Session Theme: Number vs. Quality of Participation – Mapping Progress and Barriers to Gender Transformative Actions Date: 26 May 2025 Format: Virtual Panel Discussion IFSD proudly launched the Gender Transformative Action Lab (GTAL) — a new...
The 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024. IFSD, in collaboration with its partners, including the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), the International Development Research...