National Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Assignment name: Preparation of Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Approx. value of the contract (in current US$ 31,333)
Country: Nepal
Location within country
Duration of assignment (months): 8
Name of client: Second National Communication, Ministry of Environment
Total no of staff-months of the assignment: 8
Address: Kathmandu, Nepal
No of professional staff-months provided by associated consultants: 8
Start date (month/year) 16th September, 2011
Completion date: 15th May, 2012
Name of associate consultants, if any
Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University
Name of senior professional staff of this firm involved and functions performed (indicate most significant profiles such as Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader) -  Mr. Adarsha P. Pokhrel worked as a Team-Leader
Narrative description of Project:
The main objective of the task is to prepare a detailed and representative description of the national greenhouse gas inventories in an endeavour to prepare Second National Communication. The task comprises of preparing the comprehensive account of greenhouse gas status of Nepal for the base year 2000 for all sectors while following the IPCC guidelines. It also includes the identification and development of methods for overcoming inventory data gaps in a way forward to prepare a systematic mitigation plans such that the current trend of anthropogenic climate change can be deviated to some extent while securing the future of our progenies.