Focus on Climate Action: What Level of Synergy and Trade-Off Is There between SDG 13; Climate Action and Other SDGs in Nepal?

The Sixth Assessment Report of Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has highlighted the urgency accelerated climate actions harnessing synergies and minimizing trade-offs with various SDG. This calls for a clear understanding linkages between goals other SDGs at national level formulating synergistic policies strategies developing different sectoral programs coherent cross-sectoral policies. is even more important least developed countries such as Nepal where these are less understood development challenges multifaceted. In this context, paper aims to evaluate potential among selected their associated targets in linear pairwise comparison. Synergies related action (SDG 13), access energy 7), sustainable consumption production 12), life land 15) have been evaluated using historical data period from 1990 2018 employing mixed methods approach. Network analysis map conceptual was combined advance sustainability (ASA) quantitatively synergy SDGs. results illustrate presences continual trade-off emission reductions SDG 13 per capita share renewable 7, use agricultural target 12, forest area 15. indicates that strongly interlinked GHG emissions economic activities consumption. study represent valuable input policy makers, supporting planning plans graduate middle-income country.