Climate change vulnerability depends upon
various factors and differs between places, sectors and
communities. People in developing countries whose subsistence
livelihood depends mainly upon agriculture and
livestock production are identified as particularly vulnerable.
Nepal, where the majority of people are in a mixed
agro-livestock system, is identified as the world’s fourth
most vulnerable country to climate change. However, there
is limited knowledge on how vulnerable mixed agro-livestock
smallholders are and how their vulnerability differs
across different ecological regions in Nepal. This study
aims to test two vulnerability assessment indices, livelihood
vulnerability index and IPCC vulnerability index,
around the Gandaki River Basin of central Nepal. A total of
543 households practicing mixed agro-livestock were surveyed
from three districts, namely Dhading, Syangja and
Kapilvastu representing three major ecological zones:
mountain, mid-hill and Terai (lowland).