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NCCKMC |
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Publisher:
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NCCKMC/NAST |
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Published Year:
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2010 |
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Theme:
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Adaptation Planning |
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SubTheme:
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Tools and Methodology |
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Description
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Climate change has been a global concern today. No habitat under-water, nor eco-tone in the mountain belts, is being spared by the effects of global warming. Glaciers are melting, plains inundating, and vegetation zones shifting, while the food scarcity is looming around- all at once and at alarming and unprecedented rate. Due to its fragile mountain ecosystem and widespread poverty, Nepal is among the most vulnerable countries to the climate change. Its institutional capacity to adapt this vulnerability is yet to strengthen.
Knowledge is sine qua non to cope with the challenges posed by climatic factors. All around the globe, scientists, managers and policy makers are generating information. This information are however scattered and not readily accessible. Persistent effort towards building our knowledge system based on empirical data as well as indigenous wisdom and managing them is needed. There also a need to coordinate institutions that produce and use climate change information in order to bridge the gap between knowledge and application. It is in this context that the Nepal Climate Change Knowledge Management Centre (NCCKMC) has been created by a collaborative effort of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology and Ministry of Environment. The Centre serves as a dedicated institution that would help deliver the required knowledge and information for climate change action. The Centre is set-up under the Nepal National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) to Climate Change Project, which is being supported by the Embassy of Denmark, UK Department of International Development, Global Environment Fund, and UNDP Nepal.
Goal
To serve as a platform for coordinating and facilitating the regular generation, management, exchange and dissemination of climate-related knowledge and capacity building services to a multi-stakeholder climate change community of practice in Nepal.
Mission
NCCKMC is to serve as a dedicated institutional arrangement for managing climate change knowledge in Nepal
Vision
To establish a strong and effective knowledge management centre which will ensure the production and dissemination of climate change knowledge information in the country, strengthen the capacity of various stakeholders by providing them with the required information to respond to challenges posed by climate change.
Objectives
To enhance public access to climate change and related information in order to build their capacities to address the challenges posed by climate change.
To strengthen collaborative and inter-disciplinary climate change research in Nepal.
To facilitate interface between scientific research and policymaking, decision making processes and development planning.
Services
• Operate a publicly accessible climate change learning and resource
• Coordinate with a network of climate change knowledge providers and users.
• Organize learning events that encourage knowledge sharing and awareness rising.
• Popularize and/or translate materials/ documents into local language.
• Develop focal points for climate change information at local levels
• Serve as a clearing house service for climate change related research and dissemination.
• Build capacity of different institutions professionals through training/ workshop/ research grants/ fellowship visiting experts program etc.
• Regular update on new research to address knowledge gap.
• Provide advisory services for policy and development planning.
• Organize workshop, forums and other interaction program.
• Facilitate access to climate change related data and information on climate change. |
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