Increased climate resilience planning for municipal water resources in Lebanon

The proposal outlines a 48-month project to establish Lebanon's first climate change adaptation (CCA) strategy and National Adaptation Plan (NAP) roadmap, specifically targeting urban water resource resilience. It identifies critical barriers, including limited mainstreaming of CCA into budgeting, weak institutional capacity, and a lack of reliable municipal water data. The project will implement a two-pronged approach: strengthening national governance and institutional coordination, and producing an evidence base for adaptation solutions in two priority areas: the City of Tyre and the Nahr-el Kalb Watershed. Key activities include establishing a NAP steering mechanism, training technical and non-technical personnel, and developing a pipeline of bankable adaptation projects for the GCF.

• Lebanon faces unprecedented warming, with projections indicating an increase of 1.7°C by mid-century and up to 3.2°C by 2100, alongside a 4% to 11% decrease in precipitation.
• Climate change is expected to cause a yearly net loss of 450 million m3 of water in Lebanon due to increased evapotranspiration, reduced snow cover, and sea-level rise affecting coastal aquifers.
• Urban water systems are under extreme pressure due to climate change, groundwater over-extraction, pollution, and the influx of approximately 1.5 million Syrians fleeing conflict.
• Lebanon lacks a formal national climate change adaptation policy, strategy, or action plan, with existing efforts remaining scattered at the sectoral level.
• Four primary barriers hinder effective adaptation: limited mainstreaming of CCA into planning and budgeting, weak institutional capacity and staffing in ministries, lack of reliable municipal water data, and limited implementation of existing water action plans.
• The project identifies the City of Tyre and the Nahr-el Kalb Watershed as priority target areas for demonstrating urban water adaptation planning due to their high vulnerability and strategic importance.
• Gender analysis reveals that Lebanese women are often the primary managers of home water resources, yet there is a lack of gender-disaggregated data and institutional awareness to make water policies gender-responsive.
• The proposed project will request USD 2,101,602 over a 48-month implementation period to achieve its goals.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2023). Increased climate resilience planning for municipal water resources in Lebanon. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-readiness-proposal-lebanon-undp-cover.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Increased climate resilience planning for municipal water resources in Lebanon. 2023. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-readiness-proposal-lebanon-undp-cover.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2023increased, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Increased climate resilience planning for municipal water resources in Lebanon}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2023}, month = mar, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/gcf-readiness-proposal-lebanon-undp-cover.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }