The report examines the implications of climate change for Lesotho’s future development and economy, focusing particularly on the different water infrastructure investments being considered by the Government of Lesotho. Through assessing the performance of the water management system the study tests how different adaptation strategies would affect water availability for different sectors under a wide range of possible future climatic conditions up to 2050.

Report conclusions include:

The ninth Sustainable Development Goal advises countries to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. Industry has historically been one of the most important pillars of economic and social development, but traditional resource-intensive and heavily polluting production is no longer sustainable in the face of climate change.

This assessment report quantifies the everincreasing material flows required to build, maintain and operate the cities, transport systems, food supply and energy systems on which today’s world depends. The importance of understanding these flows is twofold. There are very important environmental impacts related to the mobilization of materials for use in economic activity. Large-scale change in land use and forest cover accompanies the extension of agriculture, timber production and in some cases mining and energy extraction.

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