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Summary

This report presents poignant testimonies from grassroots communities in two of Nepal’s most climate-vulnerable provinces, Madhesh and Lumbini, highlighting how climate change manifests in erratic weather, crop failures, water scarcity, health burdens, and disrupted education and livelihoods. Women, Indigenous Peoples, smallholder farmers, and marginalized groups recount the tangible threats to natural resources, food security, and well-being, emphasizing the value of traditional, community-based knowledge in adaptation. Yet these local perspectives remain largely underutilized in policy. The study calls for urgent, locally led, gender-responsive, and inclusive climate governance that centers grassroots experiences, strengthens collaboration, and channels resources into community-driven adaptation strategies.