Lesotho is prone to a number of key environmental stresses mainly drought, land degradation, desertification and loss of biodiversity. With a soaring unemployment rate estimated at over 60% and scarcity in natural resources, the effects of climate change are due to become more unbearable. Lesotho"s National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) process identified and prioritised the eleven adaptation activities which will be implemented in the various vulnerability zones. Lesotho"s NAPA outlines an implementation strategy for the NAPA projects, which was designed with view of empowering the vulnerable communities to adopt adaptation capacities.