Swaziland Provision of sufficient water to meet domestic and Increase individual and None Improve health None None None Effective 3 sanitation needs community health and and of implementation physical ability to deal with individuals and and management. potential temperature rise, communities. and changing stress on livelihood activities. Facilitate hydro-power generation at both large and Flood management and Reduce CO2 Increase storage None Loss of Displacement Reservoir 2 small scale increased water storage if emissions from for irrigation, habitat/forests of people. construction levels of rainfall and hence hydropower, drinking purposes, and potential located on site runoff decrease with clean energy industrial growth. carbon containing climate change. source. Strengthen sequestration biodiversity and livelihood sink when human settlement. activities. reservoir area flooded. Efficient water use systems to increase water savings Improve water use None Increase None None None Effective 3 efficiency in light of productive water implementation changing and potentially use and hence and management. decreasing rainfall and availability for surface runoff conditions agriculture, as well at the intra and inter as drinking annual timescale, purposes, particularly regarding sanitation and rising water scarcity and other livelihood droughts. activities. Construct water storage including reservoirs with Flood management and Reduce CO2 Increase storage None Loss of Displacement Reservoir 2 hydropower increased water storage if emissions from for irrigation, habitat/forests of people. construction levels of rainfall and hence hydropower, drinking purposes, and potential located on site runoff decrease with clean energy industrial growth. carbon containing climate change. source. Strengthen sequestration biodiversity and livelihood sink when human settlement. activities. reservoir area flooded. Strengthen disaster management approaches to deal Increase of None Increase level of None None None Government and/or 3 with floods and droughts preparedness and preparedness and relevant management approaches management organisation has to deal with extreme approaches to the capacity to weather events, such as deal with extreme appropriately floods and droughts. weather events, management flood such as floods and and droughts. droughts.
Swaziland Provision of sufficient water to meet domestic and sanitation needs Increase individual and community health and physical ability to deal with potential temperature rise, and changing stress on livelihood activities. None Improve health and of individuals and communities. None None None Effective implementation and management. 3 Facilitate hydro-power generation at both large and small scale Flood management and increased water storage if levels of rainfall and hence runoff decrease with climate change. Reduce CO2 emissions from hydropower, clean energy source. Increase storage for irrigation, drinking purposes, industrial growth. Strengthen livelihood activities. None Loss of habitat/forests and potential carbon sequestration sink when reservoir area flooded. Displacement of people. Reservoir construction located on site containing biodiversity and human settlement. 2 Efficient water use systems to increase water savings Improve water use efficiency in light of changing and potentially decreasing rainfall and surface runoff conditions at the intra and inter annual timescale, particularly regarding rising water scarcity and droughts. None Increase productive water use and hence availability for agriculture, as well as drinking purposes, sanitation and other livelihood activities. None None None Effective implementation and management. 3 Construct water storage including reservoirs with hydropower Flood management and increased water storage if levels of rainfall and hence runoff decrease with climate change. Reduce CO2 emissions from hydropower, clean energy source. Increase storage for irrigation, drinking purposes, industrial growth. Strengthen livelihood activities. None Loss of habitat/forests and potential carbon sequestration sink when reservoir area flooded. Displacement of people. Reservoir construction located on site containing biodiversity and human settlement. 2 Strengthen disaster management approaches to deal with floods and droughts Increase of preparedness and management approaches to deal with extreme weather events, such as floods and droughts. None Increase level of preparedness and management approaches to deal with extreme weather events, such as floods and droughts. None None None Government and/or relevant organisation has the capacity to appropriately management flood and droughts. 3