River resources has been affected by various factors, including long term effect of climate change altering rainfall-runoff relationship, and short term effect  due to  human interventions e.g., land-use and land-cover (LULC), dam construction etc. The combined effects of both disturbances may have led to water shortages. From recent study we find that LULC is the major  primary factor and more dominant over climate change, in the reduction of water discharge from rivers.

Nepalese Youth for Climate Action together with Clean Energy Nepal (CEN) organized Green Discussion program on the topic “Impacts of Land-use and Land-cover (LULC) on Water Resources” on 2^nd April, 2018 at ENPHO Hall, Thapagaun, Baneshwor.  Mr. Lalmani Wagle, Program officer of CEN presented about the land use and land cover impacts on water resources as well as also shared his research paper of Sardu khola of Dharan. This presentation was of open type of discussion. He stated that Land Use and Land Cover are two different things but commonly we use it as synonym. Land cover is a biophysical cover whereas land use is human use of land resources. According to Mr. Wagle the objective of the research was to study the impact of land cover on water quality of Sardu river. He added that during the process of urbanization the soil erosion rate has been high while infiltration and recharge rate of water in soil has been decreased. Consequently the level of water resources increases while raining and slowdown in few hours. The land cover of dharan has been changing in last 20 years (grassland-forest, agricultural land-settlement and flood plains-forest and settlement). Also the water parameter such as dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, hardness, solids, chloride and many more has been altered.

Throughout the discussion questions was raised by participants . At the end of discussion he concluded that the water quality of Sardu river which is one of major water source of dharan is in its natural condition in the  source and seems to be  slightly polluted in downstream. Over 40 Participants from different institutions and organizations attended the Green Discussion and  participants were interactive.

On 16th March 2018 Nepalese youth for Climate Action together with Clean Energy Nepal-CEN organized Green Discussion program on the topic “Youth Entrepreneurship and Environment.” in presence of Mr. Pankaj Panjiyar, Business Head (E-Waste Management) as a Resource person among 55 enthusiastic youth from different institutional Background.He stated that the E- waste is main problem in context of our country which is in the phase of development .He also motivated youth  to find out and grab the opportunity that is around you .

On December 28th 2017 Nepalese Youth for Climate Action-NYCA together with Clean Energy Nepal-CEN organized Green Discussion program in ENPHO Hall, Tapagaun in presence of Mr. Suman Basnet (Renewable Energy and management Expert) in the Topic “Energy Development in Nepal -some Reflections”. Around 55 youth from different institutions actively participated in the Program. The main objective of the program was to make the youth familiar about the Energy consumption scenario of Nepal and sustainable Energy access. According to Mr. Basnet saving 1 unite of Energy is equal to generating 1 unite of Energy so, we should use the Energy wisely. He also mentioned that Energy Access does not only include how many household have fit the electricity, Energy access means how many people are benefited quantitatively and qualitatively. He addressed the many queries that participants wanted to be clear about .He concluded by saying that willing power to change can lead to Sustainable Energy and sustainable development

Respected Professor Dr. Amrit Man Nakarmi sir gave the presentation on the topic among 50 participants from different affiliation.Objective of program was to provide basic idea to mitigate impact of air pollutants and scenario based approaches at national level,Regional scenario,National satus,Energy overview,Impact assesment.Energy production nationally generate income in the country was one of the concluding remarks.

Mr.Dipesh chapagain ,Research Analytic at Climate Analytic,Berlin Germany gave presentation on among 40participants from different colleges.Objective of the program was to make participants understand about basic concept of Adaptation cost in developing and developed countries.Adaptation cost function in the research was a mathemantical function that explained and quantifies how the climatic and socio-economic factor determine future Adaptation cost.

Ms.Ramila bhandari from MOFALD gave presentation on the topic among 45 participants from different colleges. The objective of the program was to make participants understand about basic concept of EFLG, how it is implemented in different districts, its expected outcomes and challenges during implementation.

The program is implemented in 14 Districts, 54 Municipalities and 60 Village Development Committees under broader Local Governance and Community Development Program Framework since December 2014. The programme is financially supported by Department of International Development (DFID).

Mr.Ugan Manandhar ,Deputy director of  WWF Nepal presented very new document of Emission reduction program of Nepal.He gave brief description of REDD+ with its support to enhance forest carbon stock of Nepal.

The main objective of this discussion program was to showcase a new  and effective document after REDD+ i.e. ER-PD .This document was submitted by Nepal on may 2017 and its implementation,verification,payments will be done during from 2018-2023.The ER-PD will be implement with inclusive participation of local government,districts,CSOs,indigenous people,local community,dalit and women group.The performance of ER-PD will be monitored by world bank FMT,TAP/CFP.The implementation of ER-PD will help to maintain intellectual property right.Improvement in biodiversity, enhances the capacity of women and forest dependent communities .

Nepalese Youth for Climate Action(NYCA) together with Clean Energy Nepal(CEN) organized a discussion program “COP 22 Outcomes  and  Opportunities for Nepalese Youth” as a part of green discussion series on 15^th January 2017.

The main objective of the program was to  share the information and knowledge among the youth on the UN Conference of Parties(COP 22), its outcomes,youth involvement and climate tracking  that happened in Marrakesh, Morocco from 7-18 November  2016 and give further information on how they can grab the opportunities and become a change-maker.

The one and half hour session was conducted by Mr. Binod Prasad Parajuli, a research fellow at HI-AWARE, ICIMOD, fellow at Climate Tracker and  MSc. Candidate at Central Department of Environmental Science (CDES) TU. Also, he was an attendee of COP 22 in Morocco. He shared  his personal  experience about being a negotiator tracker and  following the COP negotiations during COP 22. He also discussed on the agendas that was put forward by the Government of Nepal during the COP. He stressed on the opportunities that youth can grab at any moment without waiting for the perfect moment to come highlighting the outcomes of COP 22 . He also shared his experience of tracking the negotiations. He also suggested youth to remain updated on the contemporary issues and explore the doors of opportunities .

The session was soon followed by a discussion forum where youths discussed about how to overcome the challenges that come along with the opportunities and what youth need to focus more on.

Enthusiastic youths from various backgrounds participated in the event.

As per the latest updates by WHO, the total deaths has plateaued at 1.25M per year with the highest road traffic fatality rates in low income countries. When it comes to Nepal, it is the most downright dangerous. So, to minimize the road accidents, as a part of Green Discussion Series, NYCA was able to aware the youth about road safety measures, green transport, and cyclist, pedestrian and vehicular mobility. With “Share the Road” dictum DSP Sabin Pradhan, Road Safety Coordinator at Metropolitan Traffic Police aware today’s youth through this forum. Lastly, the participated youth in this forum will disseminate about the road safety through different campaigns in schools, colleges and communities.

Green discussion forum of Nepalese Youth for Climate Action (NYCA) about “Corporate Social Responsibility and Environment” was done on 5^th July, 2013, by Resource person- Mr. Mochan Bhattarai, from Socially Responsible Business Development Network (SRBDN). The entire program was divided into two sessions. The first one was the theoretical part, where the resource person explained on CSR, its significance and how it related with environment. During the program Mr. Bhattarai shared some example how  the social responsibility has become a strategy of business and according to him “CSR is not intended for marketing or business it should be voluntarily and applied on win – win condition for both organization and stakeholder”. Further he highlighted that CSR is based on creative and interacting processes and it should be long term that goes irrespective of profit and put impacts on stakeholders. The second session was about discussion where participants were asked their queries to resource person. While answering those questions he gave some good example of 3P (Profit, Planet and People i.e. economics, environment and society) is necessary for sustainable development. Many organizations are contributing on environment sector.eg: Vodafone Qatar lunched biodegradable SIM card, Laxmi Bank’s one account: one tree scheme, etc. In this way, many National and Int’l organizations are working on environment and social sector as they use the resources of our  planet; earth for gaining profit an is enough to remove the dilemma of participants . A total of 40 participants from ASCOL, KUSOM, Tri-Chandra, NYCA, Paschim Paaila and CEV made the program a success.

The program formally ended by handing over a token of love to the resource person and quick discussion on possible topics for next sessions.