This initiative – the development of the ‘Climate Investment Plan (CIP)’ of Bagmati Province – is an attempt to help provincial government (planners, policy makers, researchers and development professionals) make informed strategic climate investment decisions for scaling-up climate smart agricultural technologies and practices for resilient livelihoods. This CIP is prepared by Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD) in partnership with the Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperative (MoLMAC), Bagmati Province, with financial and technical assistance support from CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), South Asia, under the project entitled ‘Scaling Up Climate Smart Village (CSV) in Nepal’.