Nexus of Climate Change and Land-use – Global Scenario with Reference to Nepal

Professor Medani P. Bhandari, Ph.D. in sociology (USA) and masters in sociology (USA), anthropology (Nepal), sustainable international development (USA), and environmental studies (Netherlands), and professional diplomas on natural resource management (United Kingdom, India, USA, Australia, etc.), is a well-known humanitarian, professor, author, editor, and co-editor of several books and author of hundreds of scholarly papers on social and environmental sciences. A poet, essayist, environment, and social activist, etc. Professor Bhandari has spent most of his career focusing on social sciences theories, social equity, inequality, inclusion, and innovation, feminism, sustainability, climate change, social and environmental policies, and management. Along the way he has gained expertise in global and international environmental politics and justice, climate change, sustainable development, public/social policy, the non-profit sector, renewable energy, nature, culture and power. His field experience spans across Asia, Africa, North America, Western Europe, Australia, Japan, and the Middle East. His most recent books are Green Web-II: Standards and Perspectives from the IUCN (2018); 2nd Edition 2020; Getting the Climate Science Facts Right: The Role of the IPCC; Reducing Inequalities Towards Sustainable Development Goals: Multilevel Approach; and Educational Transformation, Economic Inequality – Trends, Traps, and Trade-offs, and many more. Additionally, in creative writing, Professor Bhandari has published hundreds of poems and essays as well as publishing three volumes of poetry with Prajita Bhandari. Professor Bhandari is serving as senior vice president at Akamai University, USA, Professor at Sumy State University, Ukraine, advisor at Gandaki University, Nepal, and editor in chief for Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment and books series editor at River Publishers.

• 1. Introduction 2. The World is Currently Facing Problems 3. Why is the Nexus Approach Needed? 4. The Nexus of Climate Change and Land-use in Nepal 5. Adaptation and Mitigation 6. Transformation and the Pathways Drive to Manage the Climate Change and Land-use Change Nexus 7. Conclusion 8. Recommendations for Addressing Climate Change and Land-use Challenges 9. Everyone Needs to Get Involved to Minimize the Climate Change and Land-use Challenges