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In Lesotho, the Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM) and its partners implemented the first vulnerability assessment using the Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC) Protocol that was developed in Southern Africa. The Metolong Dam Water Supply System in Lesotho was assessed to better understand the service reliability of this critical infrastructure system under changing climatic conditions and identify potential consequences of varying water service levels for key user groups. The assessment was undertaken alongside a conceptual framework “Enabling Environment for Risk Informed Development” (EE4RID), describing a set of policy, regulatory, organizational, procedural, and cultural conditions needed to institutionalize risk-informed approaches within development decision-making. Click to Read |
