Jordan: Adaptation to Climate Change to Sustain Jordan’s MDG Achievements
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $4,000,000
Delivery Rate
Participating Agencies UNESCO, FAO, WHO, UNDP
Main Achievements
- Joint programme helped develop a tool to assess minimum household water security requirements that will serve as a basis to develop national water policy.
- Capacity to adapt to climate change in the area of food security has been strengthened. High-level agreement reached to develop National Adaptation Strategy. Adaptation measures and training needs have been identified, and support provided for water management and climate change adaptation.
- Model farms established for treated waste water reuse. Pilot intervention in Zarqa river basin under development.
Contact Munjed Al-Sharif
munjed.al-sharif@undp.org
munjed.al-sharif@undp.org
Jordan has one of the lowest levels of water resource availability, per capita, in the world. Water scarcity will become an even greater problem over the next two decades as the population doubles and climate change potentially makes precipitation more uncertain and variable, particularly in this region.
Although Jordan has made advances towards achieving MDG targets, its accomplishments are being compromised as this crippling water scarcity and climate change bring additional threats to health, food security, productivity and human security.
The joint programme is helping Jordan address these challenges by:
(1) Developing sustained access to improved water supply sources, despite increasing water scarcity due to climate change; and
2) Strengthening capacity for health protection and food security under water scarcity conditions.
Through this work, the joint programme is assisting Jordan in its efforts to sustainably manage its natural resources, reduce poverty and improve health indicators.