"It will also help them adapt to, and mitigate the effects of climate and extreme weather events in the years to come," added Pipoppinyo.

Kailash Pokharel of Nepal's Ministry of Finance underscored the region as "a national priority critical to Nepal's food security and climate change policy," and pledged to ensure that the project "brings transformational change to grassroots communities" and enhances climate resilience.

Designed to directly contribute to Nepal's nationally determined contribution towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), much of the project's work will focus on developing infrastructure to move away from unsound and environmentally damaging natural resource management practices.

And its long-term sustainability will rely on building both individual and institutional capacity at all levels, according to the press release.

"The project will work with both government and communities to coordinate actions," said Ben Vickers, FAO's lead technical officer. "We anticipate these actions will deliver average annual emission reductions of nearly half-a-million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year."

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