Period: December 2022 – 2025 Funder: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Organizations: International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Department of Climate Change (DoCC), Prakriti Resources Center (PRC). ...
Period: September 2021 – June 2022 Partner: Swedish university of Agricultural Sciences Climate change has now been accepted as a major crisis facing humanity and the planet. However, a lot of current responses are technical in nature, overlooking...
Period: 31 May 2021 – 31 August 2022 Funder/client: UNESCO Office in Jakarta – Cluster Office for Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Timor Leste, Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific Following the regional consultation...
Period: 30 January 2021 – 31 December 2023. Funder/client: of Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) mountains stretch 3,500 kilometres from Afghanistan to Myanmar and are the source of ten...
Period: February 2020 – September 2020 Funder/client: Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia Access to clean water is vital for health, security, stability, and sustainable development. The COVID-19 pandemic has...
Period: 15 August 2019 – 30 March 2021. Funder/client: Australian Water Partnership Program of Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Australia In the Asia-Pacific region, water insecurity is looming under changing climate, rapid...
Recent Post
A breakthrough decision was made to operationalize 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...
By Jagannath Adhikari | May 2024 Dhaulagiri mountain seen from Jomsom in Mustang In late December 2023, I was close to the Dhaulagiri mountain range in central Himalayan region. I was surprised to see how little snow there was, even at the peak of winter. This...
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...
Events
The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30th November 2023 to 12th December 2023. IFSD along with our partners International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), International Development Research...
Overview On April 10, 2023, the Institute for Study and Development Worldwide (IFSD) held a knowledge sharing session to discuss forest fire risks in Nepal, with presentations by Dr. Krishna Bhujel, a senior researcher, and Mr. Abhash Adhikari, an emerging...