Climate change scenarios for Nepal show considerable convergence oncontinued warming, Warming trends have already had significant impactsin the Nepal Himalayas -most significantly in terms of glacier retreatsuch as increase in size and volume of glacial lakes, making them moreprone to glacial lake outburst flooding (GLOF). This contributes toenhanced variability of river flows. The indepth analysis of waterresources in Nepal identifies two critical impacts of climate change-GLOFs and variability of river runoff- both of which pose significantimpacts not only on hydropower, but also on rural livelihoods andagriculture. The range of practices that can be used to adapt theclimate change is diverse, and includes changes in behavior, structuralpolicy based responses, technological or managerial responses.
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