Stress on sensuring humanitarian safety

            Kathmandu, Nov 14: A study conducted jointly by the Institute for Social and  Environmental Transition (ISET) Nepal and Integrated Development Society (IDS) Nepal has shown that for climate change adaptation stress should be given to ensuring human protection and on energy that produce low carbon among others.

            The study conducted with the support of Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment and Nepal based Country Office of the Asian Development Bank on Friday suggested to give priority to form a network of social aid by ensuring the humanitarian protection, excess in food and water, and energy that produce low carbon to make the human living and habitats suitable.

Speaking at a programme organized to release the conclusions of the study here Friday, Executive Director of the ISET Ajay Dixit said the traditional knowledge, skill, and practices could play significant role to adapt the climate change effects while stressing on the need of the right utility of them.

The study conducted in total 18 districts representing mountain, hills and terai region could help minimize the climate change effects, bring changes in public life, and make short and long term policies for the resilience to climate change effect, he said.

           

            Similarly, Dr Krishna Chandra Paudel, Secretary at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment said the study conducted on the traditional knowledge and practices could be the guidelines to control the climate change effects.

           

            Prabha Pokhrel, member of the research team said the study would direct the new knowledge for the resilience of the climate change effects and ensure the voices of the different communities.

           

            As many as 89 representatives of 54 organizations working for controlling climate change effects participated at the programme. RSS