Kathmandu Climate Week 2026 is a three-day national platform bringing together policymakers, parliamentarians, researchers, young leaders, civil society, businesses, investors, lawyers, journalists, technologists, farmers, entrepreneurs and grassroots practitioners to confront one question: how can Nepal turn climate vulnerability into climate resilience, and climate commitments into action? Nepal is already living through the consequences of a changing climate. From floods and landslides to pressures on agriculture, infrastructure, livelihoods and mountain ecosystems, climate change is no longer a distant policy concern. Yet Nepal’s response cannot be limited to adaptation projects or international negotiations. It requires stronger institutions, accessible finance, accountable policy, resilient infrastructure, community-led solutions and a stronger voice for Nepal in global climate diplomacy.
Kathmandu Climate Week creates a space where these conversations meet. The programme moves from national climate diplomacy and parliamentary action to loss and damage, climate finance, litigation, agriculture, circular economy, technology, infrastructure and private-sector leadership. It brings together people working at different levels of the climate system—not simply to discuss the crisis, but to identify where action can happen next.
Three Days. Multiple Perspectives. One Climate Agenda.
The Week begins with an opening programme at Amrapali, Naxal, setting the context through Newari climate rituals, political addresses and a high-level conversation on Nepal’s voice for climate justice. Parliamentarians, climate leaders and practitioners will examine how Nepal can translate its climate priorities into domestic action and stronger engagement in international climate diplomacy.
The second day moves into parallel thematic sessions across Kathmandu. Young people will examine their role in shaping Nepal’s climate justice narrative. Advocates and researchers will explore the intersection of climate change with caste, gender, Indigenous rights and social inequality. Lawyers will look at climate litigation and courtroom activism, while journalists and researchers will examine the realities of loss and damage, including lessons emerging from the Rasuwa-Bhotekoshi floods.
Other sessions will focus on solutions already taking shape—from regenerative and organic agriculture to circular economy models, climate technology, artificial intelligence, data, resilient infrastructure and private-sector action. The programme deliberately places grassroots organizations, entrepreneurs, researchers and communities alongside institutions and businesses, creating opportunities for exchange rather than keeping climate conversations within separate sectors.
The final day turns toward implementation. Hands-on climate-resilient agriculture training will connect discussion with practice, while a plenary on private climate finance will examine how capital can reach climate solutions in Nepal. A political dialogue will ask a deliberately difficult question: is climate justice an actionable principle or simply a political buzzword? The Week will conclude with an action plan declaration, creating a point of departure for the commitments and collaborations developed during the three days.
A Platform for Action, Not Just Conversation
Kathmandu Climate Week is designed around the idea that Nepal does not lack climate conversations. What is needed is stronger connection between the people having those conversations and the people implementing solutions.
A researcher generating new evidence should be able to connect with a policymaker who can use it. A community organization working on the ground should be able to engage with institutions controlling resources. A climate entrepreneur should be able to meet investors and potential partners. Young people should have a seat in conversations that will determine the conditions in which they will live and work.
KCW therefore brings policy, finance, science, enterprise, media and community action into the same programme. Its purpose is to create the relationships, ideas and practical pathways needed to move from discussion to implementation around five Core tracks Climate Justice, Loss & Damage, Sustainability & Climate Action, Technology in Climate Change, and Private Sector Leadership
Nepal’s climate story is deeply connected to the global climate system, but its priorities are often discussed from outside the country. Kathmandu Climate Week seeks to strengthen Nepal’s own platform for shaping that conversation.
The Week connects local experience with national policy and international climate diplomacy—bringing evidence from communities, research institutions and practitioners into conversations with political leaders, businesses and other decision-makers. It is a space to examine what Nepal needs from the global climate system, while also asking what Nepal can build, finance and implement at home.
Who Is Kathmandu Climate Week For?
Kathmandu Climate Week is for people working on climate change from different directions: policymakers and parliamentarians, researchers and academics, civil society organizations, youth networks, Indigenous and marginalized communities, journalists, lawyers, entrepreneurs, investors, financial institutions, technology innovators, farmers, private-sector leaders and climate practitioners.
You do not need to work exclusively on climate to belong in the conversation. Climate resilience increasingly intersects with agriculture, finance, infrastructure, technology, law, business, media and community development. KCW brings these fields together because climate action increasingly depends on what happens between them.
Be Part of Kathmandu Climate Week 2026
Over three days, Kathmandu will become a meeting point for people working on the climate challenges facing Nepal—and the solutions being built in response.
Join the conversations, bring your expertise, challenge assumptions, find collaborators and connect your work to a wider national climate agenda.
