The study found that the local adaptive capacity was poor.

Most of the communities experienced unusual weather pattern with negative impacts on agricultural production, increasing water scarcity and increased frequency of weather related disasters. Most of the respondents believed that the agricultural production has decreased and have experienced unusual weather patterns which affect the productivity. Majority of the people believed that crop failure, crop damage, degradation of pasture, low quality fodder and forage were due to the increase in temperature, erratic precipitation pattern and windstorms in their village. Drought, landslide, delay in monsoon and heavy and unseasonal rain were major challenges. Erratic rainfall pattern, temperature variation and gradual reduction in snowfall were some of the main constraining factors on farming. People's perceptions on climate change generally agree with the published reports. The result showed a trend of gradual, erratic and extreme weather changes where farming system is constrained. Trend analysis of temperature and precipitation indicate that this region was experiencing various weather variabilities. Socio-economic status of the people in the villages of Kahule VDC was found very poor and they were vulnerable to climate change. The study uses semi-structured interview and participatory appraisal methods to collect the socio-economic data and field based observation. This study uses the Kahule Village Development Committee in central mountain region of Nepal, as a case study to examine the local climatic trends and its impacts, vulnerability and adaptation practices in community. Therefore, it is crucial to increase the understanding of the actual climate change dynamics on disaster and local coping mechanism at the household level. Key Words: Adaptive capacity, Disaster, People’s perception, Precipitation, Socio-economic vulnerability, Temperature, Vulnerability, WASH (Water, Sanitation and Health) The impact of climate change is even stronger in mountain region of Nepal, where the topography is fragile and agriculture is important for daily subsistence.

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