National Circumstances. 31 Nepal has been declared as a Federal Democratic Republican country The Constituent Assembly has been formed to draft the new constitution of the country. The country is in the process of restructuring. In the changed political context, the reporting requirements provided by the new UNFCCC guidelines (decision 17/CP.8) and the critical review of the INC, the information provided so far on national circumstances need entire review on national and regional development priorities, objectives and circumstances, on the basis of which the adverse impact of the climate change will be addressed. Information will also be provided on institutional arrangements relevant to the preparation of national communications on a continuous basis. Nepal INC lacks country development context, including national development priorities indicating whether climate change is addressed under the country’s development agenda and sector profile including policy and legal framework relevant to the National Communication (NC). Health and gender issues are the other sectors which are not adequately addressed in Nepal’s INC. 32 Changes in many of the economic sectors that are relevant to the NC during the years 1990- 2000, requires the need to update the sector profiles, especially for energy, transport, agriculture, land use change and forestry, industrial processes and waste considering in a time frame of 10 years. Hence, the national circumstances will be elaborated in the SNC. The priorities/new areas of work under the SNC include the updating information on baseline climate data, population statistics, key socio- economic sectors of the national economy and relevant indicators, environment and climate change policy and institutions.
National Circumstances. Immediate Objective 1: 60 Creation of the institutional framework required for the preparation of the Second National Communication 61 An operational institutional framework is in place for the preparation of the Second National Communication Proposed Activities for the achievement of Output 1
