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Nepal Nationally Determined Contribution 3.0 (2025)

Nepal's official 2025 climate submission sets electricity, loss-reduction, electric-cooking and system-modernisation targets through 2035.

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Verified core
Updated
2026-07-19
Last reviewed
2026-07-19
Review due
2027-05-19

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Summary

This Government of Nepal submission, dated 14 May 2025 and filed with the UNFCCC on 19 May 2025, sets electricity, loss-reduction, electric-cooking and system-modernisation targets through 2035.

Provenance

  • Publisher / author: Government of Nepal
  • Document date: 14 May 2025
  • Filed with: UNFCCC on 19 May 2025
  • Public URL: UNFCCC-hosted PDF
  • Verified: 19 July 2026 against the filed PDF

Key Findings

The submission sets targets to expand renewable electricity capacity to 14,031 MW by 2030 and 28,500 MW by 2035. It states that mini- and micro-hydro, solar, wind and bio-energy together should account for 10% and 15% of those respective totals. It also targets total transmission and distribution losses of 11.5% by 2030 and 10.5% by 2035.

For electrification, the submission targets electric cookstove use in 2.1 million households and another 15,000 institutions and firms by 2035. Its policy measures include smart metering, demand-side management, a 20% generation reserve margin, transmission-system planning, distributed renewables and municipal energy plans.

Limitations

  • It does not show that the target project pipeline is financed, permitted or buildable.
  • It does not convert capacity targets into dependable dry-season energy.
  • It does not provide an implementation dashboard or current progress series.
  • The document says most quantified emissions reductions are conditional on international climate finance and support.

Relevance

This source anchors official-target passages in State of Nepal's Electricity System, Solar in Nepal's Electricity System, Distribution and Reliability, Demand and Electrification and Climate Resilience and Decarbonization. Current-system facts on those pages come from separate operational sources.