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...
The FRLD is one of the most significant attempts made under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to restore climate justice. It resources efforts to address climate impacts that are unavoidable, irreversible, and otherwise beyond the...
A breakthrough decision was made to operationalise the Loss and Damage (L&D) climate finance on the opening day COP28. The decision was immediately followed by initial pledges of around USD700 million for the new L&D Fund. This marked an important beginning...
Over half the workforce in Asia and the Pacific works in informal sectors, which are highly susceptible to the impacts of climate change. However, the ongoing discourses on Loss and Damage (L&D) often overlook the specific climate-induced impacts suffered by these...
As human-induced climate crisis worsens, losses and damages are escalating, with each new event shattering records from the past. There is unequivocal scientific evidence to support that climate-induced disasters and slow-onset risks will continue to increase (IPCC,...
Communities around the world are suffer significant losses and damages from unprecedented extreme climate-induced disasters. This Policy Insight, prepared by the Institute For Study and Development (IFSD) in collaboration with the International Centre for Climate...
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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...
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...
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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...