This mid-term evaluation gauges the performance of Hariyo Ban, USAID’s flagship project in Nepal. Hariyo Ban is a five-year project aimed at reducing the adverse impacts of climate change in Nepal and threats to its biodiversity. It is being implemented in two nationally important biodiverse landscapes: Chitwan-Annapurna and Terai Arc Landscapes.
This success story highlights two state-of-the-art tools focused on renewable energy development that were launched in February 2015 by USAID and the Philippine Department of Energy: (1) the 2014 Wind Energy Atlas for the Philippines and (2) the Geospatial Toolkit (GsT).