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Linnaeus ECO-TECH 2016 Kalmar, Sweden, November 21-23, 2016

239

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT AND WATER

TREATMENT

Birkha Bahadur Gurung,

Nature Conservation & Development Foundation, NGO,

Nepal

Abstract

In Nepal Climate changes have implications on reduction of snow pack on the mountains, water supply shortages, increase forest fires, increase in extreme weather, increase demand for irrigation, decreases power generation; wells dry up due to lower water table. Climate change seeks the two actions on the mitigation of greenhouse gases and adaptation to the climate change. This paper also describes the climate change issues of Nepal; similarly it deals with the potential threats of climate change to water Supply, agriculture and food security, temperature increase, run-off patterns, glacial melt and floods.

Keywords

Temperature rise, Glacial melt, Water treatment.

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