| Lesotho to Identify Areas Most Vulnerable to Climate Change | |
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National Adaptation Action Plan on Climate Change (NAAPCC) team, an
initiative of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is
to assist the Lesotho identify areas and regions most vulnerable to climate
change with a view to effecting appropriate remedies.
Interviewed on his return from the signing of the Kyoto Protocol, the Director of the Lesotho Meteorological Services, Mr Ts'eliso Sekoli, said consultations with people around the country revealed 13 areas which need to be addressed, including the need for an early warning system, the promotion of irrigation and land reclamation. The consultations are intended to be the basis for projects in the 13 identified areas. The projects are to be selected on the basis of those best suited to individual communities. They are to be financed UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and implemented by the relevant ministries. This was part of the country's
plans to ensure compliance with the Protocol with the assistance of the
NAAPCC, especially designed to help the 49 least developed countries of the
world. It is a 22 February 2005 |
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