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Table I.

Lesotho’s list of prioritized climate change adaptation options

Option	Project	Type of project	Project sector	Geographic focus
1	Improve resilience of livestock production systems under extreme climatic conditions in various livelihood zones in Lesotho	Capacity-building	Agriculture and food security	Lowlands, Senqu River
2	Promoting sustainable crop-based livelihood systems in foothills, lowlands and Senqu River Valley	Capacity-building; research; and community-based adaptation	Agriculture and food security	National
3	Capacity-building and policy reform to integrate climate change in sectoral development plans	Capacity-building; policy formation and integration	Government	National
4	Improvement of an early-warning system against climate-induced disasters and hazard	Capacity-building; Field implementation	Disaster risk management	National
5	Securing village water supply for communities in the drought-prone southern lowlands	Capacity-building; community-based development	Freshwater supply	National
6	Management and reclamation of degraded and eroded land in flood-prone areas	Capacity-building; policy formation and integration	Agriculture and food security	Western lowlands
7	Conservation and rehabilitation of degraded wetlands in the mountain areas of Lesotho	Capacity-building; knowledge communication	Ecosystem restoration	Mountain regions
8	Improvement of community food security through the promotion of food processing and preservation technologies	Capacity-building	Agriculture and food security	National
9	Strengthening and stabilizing ecotourism- based rural livelihoods	Capacity-building	Tourism	National
10	Promote wind, solar and biogas energy use as a supplement to hydropower energy	Knowledge communication; field implementation	Energy	National
11	Stabilizing community livelihoods which are adversely affected by climate change through improvement of small-scale industries	Community-based adaptation	Private sector	National

Option	Project	Type of project	Project sector	Geographic focus
1	Improve resilience of livestock production systems under extreme climatic conditions in various livelihood zones in Lesotho	Capacity-building	Agriculture and food security	Lowlands, Senqu River
2	Promoting sustainable crop-based livelihood systems in foothills, lowlands and Senqu River Valley	Capacity-building; research; andcommunity-basedadaptation	Agriculture and food security	National
3	Capacity-building and policy reform to integrate climate change in sectoral development plans	Capacity-building;policy formation andintegration	Government	National
4	Improvement of an early-warning system against climate-induced disasters and hazard	Capacity-building;Field implementation	Disaster riskmanagement	National
5	Securing village water supply for communities in the drought-pronesouthern lowlands	Capacity-building;community-baseddevelopment	Freshwater supply	National
6	Management and reclamation of degraded and eroded land in flood-prone areas	Capacity-building;policy formation and integration	Agriculture and food security	Western lowlands
7	Conservation and rehabilitation ofdegraded wetlands in the mountain areas of Lesotho	Capacity-building;knowledgecommunication	Ecosystemrestoration	Mountain regions
8	Improvement of community food security through the promotion of food processing and preservation technologies	Capacity-building	Agriculture and food security	National
9	Strengthening and stabilizing ecotourism-based rural livelihoods	Capacity-building	Tourism	National
10	Promote wind, solar and biogas energy use as a supplement to hydropower energy	Knowledgecommunication; fieldimplementation	Energy	National
11	Stabilizing community livelihoods which are adversely affected by climate change through improvement of small-scale industries	Community-basedadaptation	Private sector	National

Source: Compiled from GOL (2007)