SEFNep
Evidence and dialogue for inclusive climate and disaster risk governance
Climate and Disaster Risk Governance
The institutions, laws, plans and budgets through which disaster risk reduction is guided, coordinated and overseen, and their effects across social groups. Areas of work include people-centred early warning, local preparedness and adaptation planning, and multi-level governance and risk finance.
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Climate-Resilient Health Systems
The capacity of health services to anticipate, respond to, cope with, recover from and adapt to climate-related shocks and stresses, and whether access to care, on which community resilience depends, is maintained for all groups.
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Natural Resource Governance and Livelihood Resilience
How community-based governance of water, energy, land and forests relates to exposure to hazards, and how livelihoods, the economic foundation of community resilience, recover after disasters.
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About SEFNep
Sustainable Environment Foundation Nepal
The Sustainable Environment Foundation Nepal (SEFNep) is an independent research and policy institute. We study how climate and disaster risk is governed across Nepal’s federal, provincial and local governments, and how exposure, vulnerability and access to protection vary with disability, gender, caste, ethnicity, language, age, mobility and location. Our research is guided by our bounded discretion framework, which examines how the choices of decision-makers are constrained and enabled by structural conditions, institutions and shared ideas. Our aim is to produce rigorous evidence that public institutions, communities and development partners can use. We also bring together officials, researchers, civil society and organisations of the people most affected, so that evidence reaches those who make decisions and their questions shape our research.
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Our Initiatives
Evidence-in-Action Across Nepal
Locally Led Climate Adaptation
Supporting communities and local governments in Nepal to assess climate vulnerabilities, identify adaptation priorities, and integrate locally appropriate solutions into development planning.
Disaster Preparedness & Early Warning Systems
Supporting communities and local governments in Nepal to understand disaster risks, strengthen early warning systems, and turn warnings into timely action.
Frontline Health System Resilience
Assessing the vulnerability of local healthcare facilities to extreme weather events and designing adaptive strategies to ensure ethical healthcare delivery and health equity.