By Sunil Acharya Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is known for making bizarre public statements. Last May, he proclaimed that Nepal would start producing petroleum within the next two years. That mayRead More…
17Jun/16
15Apr/16
Prospect of Car-free Design for Planned Cities in Mid Hills
By: Dristy Shrestha The government, under the New Town Project, plans to build ten model cities along the east-west Mid-Hill Highway (MHH). The idea is to decentralise development, which is presently centredRead More…
04Apr/16
Aviation Industry’s Offset Plans Distracts from Urgent Need to Reduce Emissions
A group of over 80 environmental NGOs, from global south and north has called on the aviation sector to adopt a serious plan to address its impact on climate change, rather than the proposedRead More…
16Mar/16
Reflections on COP21: Prosperity Beyond Growth and Development
By Shail Shrestha COP 21 was my first experience of attending an international negotiation. I tried to follow and understand what goes in the climate negotiations and actively participated in many eventsRead More…
30Nov/15
People’s Climate March
People’s Climate March was organized in 7 different cities across Nepal ahead of crucial UN Climate talks in Paris on November 28, 2015, In September 2014, ahead of Ban Ki Moon Climate SummitRead More…
14Oct/15
Envisioning a Fossil Fuel Free Nepal
By Sunil Acharya The discussions about the need to phase out climate disrupting fossil fuels and phase in renewable energy is largely confined among few environmental and climate change experts. However, theRead More…
29Sep/15
Delivering SDGs
By Jony Mainaly While political turmoil stirred up with the promulgation of new constitution in Nepal, the world community has agreed to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—global constitution of sorts at the UNRead More…
11Sep/15
Better and Sustainable Cities Free of Cars
What is your view of a developed city? A city with wide roads full of cars! Your are wrong. A sustainable city can do away with cars. This has been evidencedRead More…
08Sep/15
Solar Nano Grid Lights Dhapchung Village
Recently, Digo Bikas Institute installed a Solar Nano Grid in Dhapchung, a rural village in Sindhupalchok District of Nepal. The Nano Grid now provides basic electricity supply to the villagers forRead More…
28Aug/15
Earth Quake Affected Schools Go Solar
Digo Bikas institute in partnership with Gham Power Nepal Pvt. Ltd and logistics support from Helambu Education and Livelihood Project (HELP) installed solar system in 10 earthquake affected schools of Sindhupalchowk district.Read More…