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		<title>Behind the smoke: Why does crop residue burning persist in Nepal?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bandana Poudel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 10:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HI-REAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agricultural mechanisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air pollution]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crop residue burning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farmers in Nepal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[PM2.5 pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stubble burning]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Crop residue burning persists in Nepal despite major environmental and health impacts. This blog explores economic, social and policy drivers and sustainable solutions.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>From cryosphere to coast: advancing GESI and a gender-just climate future across BIMSTEC and the HKH towards regional cooperation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chhaya Namchu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Held on July 14–15, 2025, at ICIMOD, Nepal, the Regional capacity building and consultation workshop for inclusive climate policy and planning converged perspectives, mandates, and institutional strength. Anchored in the strategic collaboration between ICIMOD, UN Women, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Secretariat, this two-day gathering laid the groundwork for systematically embedding GESI within climate action across South and Southeast Asia, covering ICIMOD’s Regional Member Countries and BIMSTEC Member States.]]></description>
		
		
		
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