Nepal's Environment Protection Act 2019, itself the product of public-interest litigation (Shrestha v. Office of the Prime Minister) compelling legislative action to meet Paris Agreement commitments, is unusually well specified for a framework law: articles 23 through 28 individually mandate community climate-impact information, adaptation-plan adoption, national mitigation targets, risk management and carbon-trading participation, with article 31 creating a dedicated Environment Protection Fund. Nepal has since added a dedicated Carbon Trading Regulation, dated 10 December 2025, a National REDD+ Strategy for 2025 to 2034 dated 16 July 2025, and an NDC3.0 dated 14 May 2025.
Projects
Biogas Support Programme (BSP-Nepal)
BSP-Nepal promotes rural biogas technology from its Kathmandu headquarters.
Community-Based REDD+ Pilot Program
One of the earliest community-forestry carbon pilots anywhere, run across three Nepali watersheds.
Eden: People+Planet
Hiring local people to restore mangroves and forests across the Global South, one village at a time.
Hariharpurgadi Wind-Solar Hybrid Mini-Grid
Nepal's largest wind-solar hybrid mini-grid, serving 83 households in a Sindhuli district village.
Improved Cook Stoves with Carbon Finance, Nepal
An SNV-led carbon-finance cookstove programme targeting 150,000 households in Far West Nepal.
Nepal Terai Arc REDD+
Jurisdictional, results-based forest carbon built on Nepal's community-forestry model.
Regulation
Framework law
"This law was approved following the Shrestha v. Office of the Prime Minister et al. case mandating Nepal to take legislative action to be able to meet its commitments to the Paris Agreement. Chapter 4 set provisions related to climate change. Article 23 mandates the relevant ministry to periodically provide information to local communities about the impacts of climate change. Article 24 charges authorities at national and local levels to adopt adaptation plans. Article 25 mandates the state to identify mitigation-prone sectors and set national targets... ability to participate in carbon trading (art. 28). Article 31 creates the Environment Protection Fund..."climate-laws.org document summary field, articles 23–28 and 31 cited by number
Nepal's framework climate statute, born of public-interest litigation; sets adaptation-plan, mitigation-target and carbon-trading powers, and creates a dedicated Environment Protection Fund.
Issuing body: Government of Nepal · Single source
NDC
"Nepal Nationally Determined Contribution. NDC3.0"climate-laws.org geography family listing
Issuing body: Government of Nepal · Single source
Carbon market
"Carbon Trading Regulation"climate-laws.org geography family listing
Issuing body: Ministry of Forests and Environment · Single source
Forest / REDD+
"National REDD+ Strategy (2025-2034)"climate-laws.org geography family listing
Issuing body: Ministry of Forests and Environment, MoFE · Single source