Browsing Knowledge Repository by Country/Region "Lesotho"
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Africa Mountains Atlas
(UNEP, 2014)The mountains of Africa provide water and food, rich biodiversity, recreational areas and serve as important centres of cultural integrity and heritage. However, Africa faces growing challenges in ensuring the sustainable ... -
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Atlas of Africa Energy Resources
(2017)This Atlas compiles and synthesizes regional and national information. It presents the scale and distribution of energy resources, production and consumption trends, as well as the existing potential for environmentally ... -
Building Climate Resilience in Lesotho with Early Warning Systems - UNEP Lessons in Climate Change Adaptation
In 2011, the Government of Lesotho secured funding from the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Country Fund to reduce the negative impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities. A central approach of the ... -
Climate Change Toolkit Additional Notes
(2015)This toolkit is intended to build teachers‟ capacity for effective integration of climate change into their respective teaching subjects. While the toolkit is not subject-specific, teachers can adapt it to address specific ... -
Climate Change Toolkit for Teachers
(2015)The impetus for writing this book was to advance our understanding of the atmospheric science and help to elucidate the fundamentals of teaching and learning about climate change. The intent was to provide a basic understanding ... -
Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries : Volume V - Sectoral Environmental Laws and Regulations
(1998)The Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries was published for the first time in 1996. The 1996 Edition of the Compendium is produced in about four volumes. The first volume contains the framework environmental ... -
Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries Volume II: Sectoral Environmental Laws and Regulations
(1996)The Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries was published for the first time in 1996. The 1996 Edition of the Compendium is produced in about four volumes. The first volume contains the framework environmental ... -
Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries Volume VII: Sectoral Environmental Laws and Regulations
(1998)The Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries was published for the first time in 1996. The 1996 Edition of the Compendium is produced in about four volumes. The first volume contains the framework environmental ... -
Concept Note - National Workshop on Climate Change and Disaster-related statistics
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Cost-Effectiveness Payback Period Transformer Model for PCB Study
(2023-07)The model is an Excel spreadsheet developed in order to estimate the necessary investment and the benefits for upgrading the distribution and transmission transformers in service that may contain hazardous levels of PCBs ... -
Energy Profile: Lesotho
(2017)In 2013, the population of Lesotho was 2.08 million. In 2015, total electricity produced was 33 ktoe and all of it came from hydro sources. Final consumption of electricity in the same year was 44 ktoe (AFREC, 2015). -
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Environment Information Systems Development in the SADC Region
(1995)This is a report of a workshop on: Facilitating the Development of Environmental Information Systems (EIS) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region". This workshop, which was the third in a series of ... -
An Environmental Impact Assessment Framework for Africa
(1994)This environmental impact assessment (EIA) framework attempts to provide broad guidelines to help African countries integrate environmental concerns in their National Development Strategies (NDS) through appropriate ... -
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Gender Mainstreaming Strategy and Action Plan for the Disposal of Polycholorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Southern Africa - Disposal of PCB oils contained in transformers and disposal of capacitors containing PCBs in Southern Africa (GEF Project 5532)
The GEF project entitled “Disposal of PCB oils contained in transformers and disposal of capacitors containing PCBs in Southern Africa” aims to reduce environmental and human health risks from PCB releases in 12 countries: ... -
Internship Project On the Land Use Policies and Land Tenure In the Arid and Semi-arid Countries of Post-Independence Africa
(1993)This project on land use policy and land tenure in the and and semi-arid countries of post-independence Africa has spanned the course of just under six weeks.We have compiled information on the following countries: Algeria, ... -
LESOTHO: Early Warning Climate Forecasting - Factsheet
(2021)The factsheet gives an overview of an Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) project which is implemented by UNEP, Strengthening Climate Services in Lesotho for Climate-Resilient Development and Adaptation To Climate Change. ...