The Program:

Climate change impacts are having negative effects on individuals, households and communities, especially among the poorest and most marginalized groups. In Nepal, a large number of community driven initiatives are changing lives, helping people and capacitating communities to face and adapt climate change risks. Through financial rewards, the Adaptation at Scale Prize aims to identify and reward new and innovative ways to scale up and expand the reach of community driven climate change adaptation initiatives. The promotion of climate change adaptation project is a financial rewards for innovative solutions to scale-up and scale out climate change adaptation in communities.

PROGRAM BENEFITS

The Development Aid program has provided over 12 million Nepali rupees in grants to rural farming communities in the last 10 years. 9 million of the grants has been spent to provide thousands of individual micro-loans of between 5,000 and 25,000 NPR, each giving the opportunity for a rural household to purchase livestock, farming equipment, or other income generating tools. The remaining grants have been used for building construction, student scholarships, skill training, irrigation and road repair, and a large variety of other projects. For a full description of the Development Aid program and the specific projects established through it, please visit the Trianglen program site.