Effect of climate change in Nepal

Rural Nepalese already living poverty are expected to face more intense rainfall, leading to landslide and flood; failed winter wheat crops due to warmer, drier winters : widespread food shortages caused by change in monsoon rains and disrupted planting seasons; diminished hydro-electric supply ; increased prevalence of malaria, leischmaniasis, cholera and typhoid; and mass migration of rural farmers searching for work to feed their families.

'Communities told us corp production is roughly half that of previous years. Some said that while they used to grow enough for one month of the year,last year many could only grow enough for one month's consumption,said Oxfam's Nepal country director, Wayne Gum.' poor farmers relay in rainfall. They farms small areas of land which, at the best of times, can barely produce enough food for the family.

Nepal is extremely vulnerable to climate change yet has one of the lowest emissions in the world just 0.025 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions.

The melting of the Himalayan glaciers will also be felt well beyond Nepal's borders. Scientists warn that if the Himalayan glaciers disappear with some predicting this could happen within 30 years the impact would be felt by more than one billion people across Asia.
The impact on riverine communities would be catastrophic and could affect up to 500 million in South asia alone.
Currently, more than 3.4 million people in Nepal are estimated  to require food assistance, due to a combination of natural disasters, including last year's winter drought - one of the worst in the country's history.
The e effects of climate change when they meet discuss a global climate treaty in Copenhagen  in December 2009.

Nepal is one of the world poorest nations, with 31 per of its 28 million population living below the poverty line, many in rural areas most at risk to disasters as floods and landslide.