Assessment of Climate Change induced Household Vulnerability in Nepal: Application of Index Method

This study examines the relationship between magnitude of climate variability and household vulnerability in catchment areas Sot Khola sub-water basin western mountainous Surkhet, Nepal by constructing a theoretical index based on household-level data collected from 642 Household covering adaptive, sensitive, exposure. Its result is (CVI) households living sub water basin’s areas, which provides sufficient evidence heterogeneity across location altitude areas. In all clusters, are vulnerable at different level. Households have heterogeneous adaptive capacity about 40 percent less indicating potentially households, although 60 higher capacity. The majority (52.7%) sensitive to Climate-induced disasters: landslides floods due their socio-economic status food insufficiency. But 47.4 sensitive. Since households’ locations far flood patches, 4.4 exposure but 95.6 composite shows 50 moderate climate-induced disaster: landslide flood. It was supplemented additional 17.0 moderately households. Thus, total, 67 level extremely vulnerable. remaining (33 percent) least