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This Position Paper for GPDRR 2025, prepared by the Government of Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, in collaboration with the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and DPNet-Nepal, following consultations with more than 5,000 stakeholders nationwide. The paper captures Nepal’s hazard-rich context and the nation’s shift since the 2015 federal constitution, from a reactive posture to a proactive, inclusive disaster-risk-reduction system. It showcases advances such as science-based hazard mapping, community-centred multi-hazard early-warning expansion, federal–provincial–local governance reforms, the GEDSI Strategic Action Plan that embeds gender equality and disability inclusion across DRR, stronger public-private investments in preparedness and “build-back-better” reconstruction, and professionalised search-and-rescue and medical-first-responder capacities. At the same time, it acknowledges persistent challenges, including data and capacity gaps, fiscal constraints, climate-linked uncertainty, and the need for policy coherence. Looking ahead to 2025-2027, the paper calls for deeper research, sustained inclusive financing, women’s leadership aligned with the UN “Early Warnings for All” initiative, and intensified regional collaboration, so Nepal can meet Sendai Framework targets while ensuring resilient, equitable development for all.