Lesotho

Status under International Climate Change Law

• UNFCCC: signature (11 June 1992) and ratification (7 Feb 1995)
• KP: ratification (6 Sept 2000)

o   Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA

• Vienna Convention: accession (25 Mar 1994)
• Montreal Protocol: accession (25 Mar 1994)
• LRTAP: NA
• Energy Charter: NA
• Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
• Espoo Convention: NA

Federal Laws on Climate Change

Forests and Land Use

• Forestry Act (1998) [English]

Others

• Disaster Management Act (1997)
• Water Act (2008) [English]
• Environment Act (2008) [English]

Government Documents

• First National Communication to the UNFCCC (2000) [English]
• Lesotho Vision 2020 (2005) [English]
• National Adaptation Programme of Action (2007) [English]
• Second National Communication to the UNFCCC (2013) [English]

Factual Matters

• United Nations Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics Snapshot (2013)

Updated as of: January 5, 2015