3. Current situation

The maximum temperature of Nepal seems to be increasing at the rate of 0.06 degrees Celsius per year and this rate is higher in the Himalayan region. . Even though Nepal, which is home to about 0.4 percent of the world's population, emits only about 0.025 percent of the world's total greenhouse gas, it is being affected by the increase in atmospheric temperature. Here, there are changes in the annual rainfall cycle, long periods of drought and heavy rains. Currently, both days and nights are getting warmer than before, that is, the number of cold days and nights is decreasing. 100 mm Or more than that, the number of days with heavy rainfall is increasing. The time and duration of rain is changing. Due to rapid melting of glaciers, the glaciers are thinning and shrinking and the size of the glaciers is increasing. Due to climate change, agriculture and food, water resources, forests and biological diversity, health, tourism and infrastructure have started to be adversely affected. Floods, landslides and fires have intensified. Due to these reasons, it seems that there is a huge loss of wealth in Nepal as well as affecting the livelihood. Currently, it is estimated that millions of Nepalis are at risk due to climate change. The snow line in the Everest region has melted (vertical loss) 330 feet during the last 9 decades. Due to the melting of snow, new glaciers are forming and even though the flow of water in Nepal's rivers will increase by the year 2030, it is estimated that it will decrease to a large extent by the end of this century. The problems created due to climate change are increasing instead of decreasing and even though Nepal is not the cause of it, adaptation programs have to be implemented. Therefore, Nepal has brought forward climate adaptation as a national agenda and is taking effective initiatives in recent years to implement various programs to reduce the risks created by it.