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Brief Description
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Linkages to UNDP Strategic Plan |
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Environment and sustainable
development
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Project
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Lesotho as a nation is prone to a number of key
environmental stresses mainly drought, land degradation,
desertification and loss of biodiversity. Under predicted climate
change conditions these afore-mentioned stresses will get more
pronounced and hence undermine sustainable development efforts.
The climate of Lesotho is characterised by summer
rainfall and cold, dry winters. Predictions from several global
circulation models (GCM) for the years, 2030, 2050 and 2075 derived
from climate change (CC) scenarios suggest that there will be warmer
future climatic conditions with lower precipitation in the spring
and summer seasons, higher precipitation in winter and gradually
increasing precipitation in autumn. This will result in a shift in
precipitation patterns such that seasonal rains that currently occur
in summer could set in later in autumn. The effect of this could be
serious on the agro-ecological conditions as the growing season will
be pushed forward or shortened. Notwithstanding, the increase of
precipitation in winter suggests increased frontal systems activity
which is characterised by heavy snowfall occurrences and ravaging
winds associated with destruction of property, livestock and loss of
human lives. In general it is predicted that there will be an
increase of extreme events of floods, droughts and snowfall.
Major barriers to overcome:
While fragmented interventions are underway to
address the impacts of climate change in Lesotho, a challenge still
remains to establish a more informed climate change adaptation
decision-making and more effective implementation of those
decisions. This includes development of capacities to identify
climate-related risks to national development priorities, and to
design and implement holistic climate-resilient adaptation and
disaster risks reduction plans to address these risks.
Outputs:
1. Leadership
capacities and institutional frameworks to manage climate change
risks and opportunities in an integrated manner, including a
decentralised approach, at the local and national levels are
strengthened.
2. Climate-resilient
policies and measures in energy and health sectors implemented and
community-based adaptation action promoted.
3. Financing
options to meet national adaptation costs, including PPP and
private participation, expanded at the local and national levels are
developed.
4. Knowledge
on adjusting national and sub-national development processes to
fully incorporate climate change risks is increased and
opportunities thus generated are shared across all levels.
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Project Duration: |
2010 – 2011 |
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Location: |
National Level |
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Status: |
On going |
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UNDP Programme Officer: |
Ms. Line Mdee |
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UNDAF Outcome: |
National Institutions able to implement sustainable pro poor
economic development, environmental management and household
food security policies and strategies with special focus on
vulnerable groups including women, young men and women and the
disabled. |
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Management Arrangement: |
National Implementation |
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Implementing Partner: |
Ministry of Natural Resources |
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Budget and Sources: |
Govnt of Japan: USD 2,881,000 |
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Delivery: |
2010: $ 335 826.00 |
Contact:
Ms. Lineo K. Mdee
Head of Energy and Environment Unit
Lineo.mdee@undp.org
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