It is essential to embrace self-reliance to address the growing challenges posed by climate change across Nepal’s diverse landscapes and populations.

It’s unclear if the state understands the scale and urgency of the water crisis affecting the economy.

Nepal urgently needs a comprehensive, long-term strategy to safeguard its food security.

Elevating water security to the same level as job creation or energy targets is vital.

Can we, with our existing policies, institutions and knowledge, revive our lost springs?

March elections offer a chance to address Nepal’s long-standing issues, but only if parties focus on action over rhetoric.

While the Tarai needs large-scale solutions, the hills need a dense network of small ones.

Institutions advising the government on climate remain disaster-reactive rather than climate proactive.

The intense rainfall earlier this month illustrated how diverse its impacts can be.

Nepal’s age-old hydrological stability is declining due to a rapidly changing weather system.

We need a community-level ‘water husbandry’ movement to address the water problem.

We must rethink our development approach by prioritising smaller and decentralised infrastructure.

We have failed to address the degradation of farms and farming systems.

We need response strategies for both the monsoon deluge and the winter drought.

We must recalibrate our efforts to restore depleting water sources.