Nepali Yuwa in Climate Action and Green Growth

Young people leading climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Restless Development Nepal, through a strong collaborative consortium partnership with Youth Innovation Lab, Creasion and Centre for Disaster Management Study, initiated a climate change adaptation and mitigation focused project.

Engaging youth to support and capacitate local governments to develop Local Disaster and Climate Resilient Plans (LDCRP) of three targeted provinces – Madhesh, Karnali and Suddurpaschim – was one of the main objectives of the project. The project was funded by the European Union and was implemented for a period of 4 years starting in 2022.

Young people between 15–29 years of age were the target group of the project. “Youth engagement and leadership to support local government who emerge as change makers for their community development enhancing the national level priorities” was the main highlight of the project.

Nepali Yuwa in Climate Action and Green Growth worked on the recovery of Nepal through youth engagement in disaster and climate governance, entrepreneurship, and advocacy.

The project aimed to capacitate young people and provide them with a platform where they could work for the development process and towards post-COVID recovery of the environment. It engaged young people of Nepal in green growth, environmental protection, and combatting climate change.

National Kick-off meeting of Nepali Yuwa in Climate Action and Green Growth

This project expected to:

Localise Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation plans, policies at the local level through the involvement of youth in policymaking, planning, and promote data-driven decision making.
Engage young people in climate-smart entrepreneurial ventures to promote green jobs, enhance their livelihood, develop resiliency at local levels, and support them through professional mentorship.
Develop a pool of data-driven climate advocates using low-cost technological tools to raise climate change issues in the country.

Project Impact

young volunteers mobilized

7,921

young people reached

1,444

Government Stakeholders Reached

10,553

people reached through community awareness and advocacy programs

Read the Project Storybook Here

Where:

The programme spanned Madhesh, Karnali and Sudurpaschim Province of Nepal.

Period:

2022 – 2025

Partners:

Youth Innovation Lab, CREASION, Centre for Disaster Management Studies (CDMS)

Donor:

European Union

Nepali Yuwa in Climate Action and Green Growth program was active from 2022 to 2025.