Nepali students develop first school carbon footprint calculator for Nepal's green schools

A team from Kathmandu University built Nepal's first school-level carbon footprint calculator during a youth hackathon organized by Shequal Foundation and UNESCO. The bilingual tool works offline and is designed to help schools measure greenhouse gas emissions under Nepal's Green School Quality Standard. The calculator targets diverse school settings across Nepal and aligns with draft implementation standards from the Centre for Education and Human Resource Development. It gives schools a practical way to track their carbon footprint without requiring constant internet access. This is a concrete step for integrating carbon accounting into education infrastructure in a developing country context, where data and connectivity are often limited. The project shows how local innovation can fill gaps in emissions monitoring.