The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is a documented climate change hotspot. The region is also known for its ongoing development challenges including those arising from reconstruction in the aftermath of natural disasters. Incepting the idea of climate-resilience in development planning has, therefore, become a necessity in this poverty-ridden region. To identify the strategies that have been envisaged by the stakeholders in terms of climate-resilient development, this paper singled out the stakeholders who are responsible for local-level development in the mid-hill region of Nuwakot which lies in central Nepal. Data was collected through the visioning and back-casting method and included interviews with community members, NGO experts and regional representatives. The study identified the activities and priorities of stakeholders based on different time horizons illustrating climate-resilient development pathways. The study found that community pathways address mostly current needs and climate variability and that future challenges do not play a central role in the selection of adaptation measures. Although a majority of the actors recognized climate-resilient development as a priority, it tends to be planned in silos without cooperation and coordination among themselves. The results reveal that the risks and vulnerabilities encountered by community members, who are at the receiving end of climate change, have not been incorporated into the development plans of the policymakers. The study concludes that development priorities should be formulated based on the identification of a need and proposes that future cooperation mechanisms for stakeholders should be brought under one umbrella and include a discussion of climate-resilient development pathways that incorporates more community engagement so as not to lose the connection between country aspirations and community voices.

兴都库什喜马拉雅地区是一个记录在案的气候变化热点。该地区还以其持续的发展挑战而闻名，包括自然灾害后重建带来的挑战。因此，在这个贫困地区，在发展规划中引入气候适应力的想法已成为必要。为了确定利益相关者在气候适应型发展方面所设想的战略，本文挑选出负责尼泊尔中部努瓦科特中山地区地方级发展的利益相关者。数据是通过展望和回溯法收集的，包括对社区成员、非政府组织专家和区域代表的采访。该研究根据不同的时间范围确定了利益相关者的活动和优先事项，说明了气候适应性发展途径。该研究发现，社区途径主要解决当前的需求和气候变化，未来的挑战在选择适应措施方面并不发挥核心作用。尽管大多数参与者都将气候适应型发展视为优先事项，但往往是在没有相互合作和协调的情况下孤立地进行规划。结果表明，处于气候变化接收端的社区成员所面临的风险和脆弱性并未被纳入决策者的发展计划。