ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/CL1.CCS/2022/RICCAR/TECHNICAL REPORT.16
Country: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Publication Type: Reports & studies
Cluster: Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability
Focus Area: Climate change, Natural resource sustainability
Initiatives: RICCAR, Advancing water and food security
SDGs: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 13: Climate Action
Keywords: Climate change, Groundwater, Water resources, Evaluation research, Sanitation services, Drought control, Waste management, Water supply, Precipitation, Temperature
Vulnerability assessment of the water sector to climate change in Jordan
June 2023
This technical report focuses on the vulnerability of the water sector to climate change in Jordan. The purpose is to identify areas of water resource vulnerability and adaptation challenges that are critical for managing freshwater surface and groundwater resources and for delivering water supply, sanitation and wastewater services for different user groups in light of the changing climate. The analysis is focused on three time periods, namely the near-term (2040-2021) and the mid-term (2060-2041), as compared to the reference period (2014-1995).
The regional climate projections for the Mashreq Domain used to inform this report were produced by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI). The integrated assessment vulnerability methodology used was developed under the Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR), which is coordinated by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) through its Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies.
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This technical report focuses on the vulnerability of the water sector to climate change in Jordan. The purpose is to identify areas of water resource vulnerability and adaptation challenges that are critical for managing freshwater surface and groundwater resources and for delivering water supply, sanitation and wastewater services for different user groups in light of the changing climate. The analysis is focused on three time periods, namely the near-term (2040-2021) and the mid-term (2060-2041), as compared to the reference period (2014-1995).
The regional climate projections for the Mashreq Domain used to inform this report were produced by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI). The integrated assessment vulnerability methodology used was developed under the Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR), which is coordinated by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) through its Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies.
