Nepal
The Government of Nepal, with support from international donors, is prioritizing disaster preparedness for earthquakes and flooding, to which the country is particularly vulnerable.
Nepal is at extremely high risk for earthquakes, with Kathmandu Valley considered the most at-risk, seismic urban area in the world. In addition, glacial melting from the Himalayas is creating new lakes and enlarging existing ones, increasing the risk of flooding. The Government of Nepal has taken steps in recent years to prioritize disaster preparedness by approving a National Strategy for Disaster Risk Management in 2009 and a Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium in 2011, which coordinated national and international partners to reduce disaster vulnerability.
Following the 2015 earthquake, the government took further steps to centralize disaster recovery. Nepal is currently working to strengthen resilience by:
- Improving physical infrastructure and building safety.
- Increasing government capacity to respond to disasters.
- Building climate-resilient infrastructure and flood risk management systems.
- Increasing local first responder capacity.
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