Equipping land professionals for a resilient and climate-secure governance across South Asia and beyond.
Explore Programme ↓This intensive six-day international summer school brings together land governance practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and field experts from across Nepal, India and other countries to explore the intersection of climate change and land governance systems.
As climate change increasingly threatens land tenure security, agricultural productivity, and community resilience — particularly for the most vulnerable populations — there is an urgent need for adaptive and equitable land governance frameworks that can withstand and respond to these pressures.
The programme is hosted at the Caritas Nepal Training Center, Dhulikhel and commences with a formal inauguration in the presence of officials from the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives & Poverty Alleviation (MoLMCPA).
Each day of the school is anchored to a core theme, building from foundational concepts to practical action.
Understanding how climate risks interact with land tenure, land use, and governance systems. Exploring regional trends, vulnerabilities, and the rationale for integrating climate action into land policy.
Reviewing global frameworks including SDGs, Fit for Purpose Land Administration (FFP), FELA, and LGAF and their application in South Asian contexts and beyond.
Exploring GeoICT, GIS technologies, land information systems, and innovative tools being applied to improve land governance under climate stress, with case studies from Nepal and the region.
Examining gender responsiveness, pro-poor approaches, community stewardship, and participatory planning in the face of climate-driven land degradation.
Synthesizing learning into actionable plans. Group presentations, panel discussions on transboundary impacts, and commitment to implementing climate-responsive land governance.
Six intensive days of sessions, case studies, field visit, and collaborative planning — 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM daily.
Theme: Climate Risks and Land Governance in South Asia
| 9:00 – 10:15 | Session 1 | Formal Opening and Welcome — MoLMCPA guests, partners, stakeholders and guests |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Session 2 | Why Learning Climate Responsive Land Governance — Introduction, Mapping Expectations |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Session 3 | Land Use – Land Tenure – Climate Nexus |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | 🍽 Lunch Break | |
| 14:30 – 15:45 | Session 4 | Land Governance: Concept, Approaches, Trends |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 16:15 – 17:30 | Session 5 | Impacts of Climate Change and Action on Land and Rationale for Climate Responsive Land Governance |
Theme: Policy & Institutional Frameworks
| 9:00 – 10:15 | Session 1 | Global Frameworks on Land Policy and Governance — SDG, FFP, FELA, LGAF |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Session 2 | Land Administration in South Asia |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Session 3 | Addressing Informality through Land Issues Resolving Commission: Case of Nepal |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | 🍽 Lunch Break | |
| 14:30 – 15:45 | Session 4 | Sharing Cases from the Participants: South Asian Context (I) |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 16:15 – 17:30 | Session 5 | Informal Land Markets and Valuation Challenges in Climate-Vulnerable Areas |
Theme: Tools & Techniques for Climate Responsive Land Governance
| 9:00 – 10:15 | Session 1 | Sustainable Land Management and Resilient Agriculture Practice — Case Study by UN-Habitat/CSRC/MoLMCPA in Dang |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Session 2 | Application of GeoICT in Land Governance |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Session 3 | Technology (IT/GIS) Innovations for Climate Resilience: Case Study |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | 🍽 Lunch Break | |
| 14:30 – 15:45 | Session 4 | Sharing Cases from the Participants: South Asian Context (II) |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 16:15 – 17:30 | Session 5 | Innovative Tools and Technology for Sustainable Land Management — Case from Roshi River Basin, Panauti, Kavre, Nepal |
🚌 Field Visit — Melamchi Valley, Sindhupalchok
The Melamchi Valley field visit is a cornerstone of this summer school — an opportunity to directly observe the intersection of climate change and land governance challenges in a real-world setting.
Melamchi, located in Sindhupalchok district, experienced catastrophic flooding in 2021 that dramatically reshaped land use patterns, displaced communities, and exposed critical vulnerabilities in land tenure systems.
Topics explored on-site include: post-disaster land governance, community-level responses to climate-induced displacement, rehabilitation and land rights restoration, and integration of traditional and formal land governance systems.
Theme: Social Dimension
| 9:00 – 10:15 | Session 1 | Learning from the Field Visit — Land Degradation and Impact on Livelihood |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Session 2 | Pro-poor and Gender Responsive Land Governance in the Context of Climate Change |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Session 3 | Community Stewardship as a Climate Action |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | 🍽 Lunch Break | |
| 14:30 – 15:45 | Session 4 | Participatory and Risk Sensitive Land Use Planning |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 16:15 – 17:30 | Session 5 | Renewable Energy, Carbon Market and Land Nexus: Case Study |
Theme: Action Planning & Way Forward · Closing Ceremony
| 9:00 – 10:15 | Session 1 | Land Administration — Practices, Debates and Key Learning from Various Cases in South Asia |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Session 2 | Tenure Due Diligence as a Tool for Tenure-just Land Use Transition |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Session 3 (Panel) | Transboundary Impact of Climate Change on Land Governance and Way Forward |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | 🍽 Lunch Break | |
| 14:30 – 15:45 | Session 4 | Group Work and Presentations — Develop and Present a Plan of Action to Mitigate Climate Change Impact on Land |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | ☕ Tea Break | |
| 16:15 – 17:30 | Session 5 | 🎓 Closing Ceremony and Certificate Distribution — MoLMCPA guests, partners, stakeholders and guests |
The school is designed for a diverse cohort of professionals working at the intersection of land, climate, and development.
Land administration, urban/rural planning & climate policy
Engaged in land rights and climate resilience
Focused on land tenure and governance
From international organizations
Involved in land markets and valuation
Ensuring women's land rights and gender-responsive approaches are central to all discussions and frameworks.
Addressing the needs of marginalized and vulnerable communities facing the frontline of climate-driven land challenges.
Building transboundary networks for coordinated climate action and shared learning across South Asia.
A collaborative partnership of leading organizations committed to advancing land governance and climate resilience in South Asia.
Nepal's premier institution for land management and geomatics education under the Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation. Since 1968, LMTC has produced more than 13,000 land professionals at different levels. Certified ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management in 2022.
Committed to advancing sustainable, inclusive, and just land governance serving communities, economies, and ecosystems worldwide. Landstack integrates technology, innovative research, and collaborative partnerships to drive policy analysis, capacity building, and cross-sector initiatives with a focus on gender equity and climate action.
A regional platform of the ILC — a global alliance of over 320 member organizations from 197+ countries committed to people-centred land governance. ILC Asia is a network of 64 civil society organisations in 15 countries advancing secure land rights for people who live on and from land.