Event News

• International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies Marked in Nepal by organizing Panel Discussion on Air Quality Management

  7 September, 2020 - On the occasion of International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, Clean Energy Nepal together with the Department of Environment (DoE), Ministry of Forests and Environment (MoFE) and Clean Air Network Nepal (CANN) organized a “Panel Discussion on Air Quality Management” focusing on Kathmandu Valley Air Quality Management Action Plan, 2076. The main objective of this program was to bring all the stakeholders working on air quality regime and to discuss the present context of air quality issues specific to Kathmandu Valley and raise a common understanding for the effective implementation of the Air Quality Management Action Plan for Kathmandu Valley.

  
  
• Climate Discussion on National Adaptation Plan Formulation Process of Nepal held

  Monday, 31st August, 2020: With the objective to update multi stakeholders and to discuss their inputs for the NAP process of Nepal, Clean Energy Nepal organized this climate discussion on Nepal’s ongoing NAP process. Mr. Ajay Dixit, Advisor at Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (ISET) Nepal, Ms. Srijana Shrestha, Under Secretary at Climate Change Management Division, Ministry of Forest and Environment (MoFE), Mr. Manjeet Dhakal, Executive Member at Clean Energy Nepal, Dr. Bimal Regmi, Senior Consultant at Oxford Policy Management, and Ms. Saraswoti Subba, President at National Land Right Forum (NLRF) joined the program as panelists. The program was moderated by Ms. Krity Shrestha, Executive Member of Clean Energy Nepal. Mr. Lalmani Wagle, Senior Program Officer at Clean Energy Nepal shared an overview presentation on NAP Formulation Process of Nepal.

  
  
• Discussion on Post-COVID-19 Green Recovery held:

  Clean Energy Nepal with the objective to identify way forward to adopt green recovery strategies post COVID-19 pandemic organized a discussion program titled, "COVID-19; Opportunities for Green Recovery". . The program was organized through Zoom and broadcast-ed live on CEN’s Facebook page as well. Hon. Dr. Bimala Rai Paudyal, Member of National Assembly, Dr. Maheswar Dhakal, Joint Secretary and Chief of Climate Change Management Division at the Ministry of Forest and Environment, Mr. Ramesh Bhushal, Nepal Editor of The Third Pole and Mr. Manjeet Dhakal, Board member of Clean Energy Nepal joined the program as the panelists. Mr. Shankar Sharma, Senior Program Officer of Clean Energy Nepal moderated the program. Mr. Sharma shared the motive of the program and highlighted the positive and negative socio-economic impacts and environmental consequences of COVID-19.

  
  
• वजेटमा वातावरण, स्वच्छ उर्जा र जलवायु परिवर्तन विषयक छलफल कार्यक्रम सन्चालन

  स्वच्छ उर्जा नेपालले सरकारद्वारा प्रस्तुत बजेटको विषयमा केन्द्रित भएर छलफल कार्यक्रम सन्चालन गरेको छ। जुममा सन्चालन गरिएको उक्त कार्यक्रममा वक्ताहरुले वातावरण, स्वच्छ उर्जा र जलवायु परिवर्तन सम्वन्धि वजेटमा गरिएको व्यवस्थाको विषयमा आफ्नो धारणा राखेका थिए। कार्यक्रममा पुर्व-जलस्रोत मन्त्री दिपक ज्ञवाली, वन तथा वातावरण मन्त्रालयका उप सचिव डा. केसव गौतम, जलवायु परिषदका सदस्य कुशल गुरुङ, स्वच्छ उर्जा नेपालका अधक्क्ष भुषण तुलाधर र वातवरण विज्ञान केन्द्रीय विभाग, त्रिभुवन विस्वविध्यालयका विभागीय प्रमुख प्राध्यापक डा. रेजिना मास्के, जलवायु बिज्ञ मधुकर उपाध्याय र स्वच्छ उर्जा नेपालका कार्यकारी सदस्य मन्जित ढकालले आ-आफ्ना भनाईहरु राखेका थिए।

  
  
• Discussion on Vehicle Fuel Economy Labeling Scheme for LDVs in Nepal held

  Clean Energy Nepal togeth with Clean Air Network Nepal and United Nations Environment Programme organized a discussion program on “Vehicle Fuel Economy Labeling of LDVs in Nepal”. The program was attended by the representatives from government agencies, non-government agencies, research institutions, automobile industries, transport entrepreneurs and academia. The objective was to bring together the stakeholders to discuss on vehicle labeling schemes and to recognize possible formulating agencies/bodies in Nepal for its implementation.