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The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), established by the 1986 treaty signed by the governments of Lesotho and South Africa, is a multi-phased project that generates hydroelectricity through a system of several large dams and tunnels in Lesotho for domestic use and supplies water to the Vaal River System in South Africa for its economic hub, Gauteng.

Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Centre local voices in the climate change, conflict and peacebuilding nexus

Climate change and peacebuilding is usually dealt with at high levels by governments and international institutions, marginalising those directly affected

  • Eyaaz
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