Event Start Date: 
Monday, January 12, 2015 (All day)
Event End Date: 
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 (All day)

The City University of New York, Colorado State University, The Small Earth Nepal, and Department of Hydrology and Meteorology and Department of Livestock Services/Government of Nepal are holding the International Conference on Climate Change Innovation and Resilience for Sustainable Livelihood during 12-14 January 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The three-day event will bring together eminent scientists, government officials, and development workers in nonprofit and for-profit enterprises to discuss innovative approaches from the physical and social sciences to support economic development in mountain and lowland South Asia, which faces serious climate hazards along with food, water, and soil management and environmental justice challenges. The conference will stress innovative applications of scientific and technical research to promote rural enterprise and broad-based improvements in health, nutrition, and living standards under the four themes of the conference; Climate Change, Water Resource Management, Agriculture and Livestock, and Gender and Livelihood.