Climate Change research Needs in Lebanon

The objective of this Online Volunteer assignment is to review Lebanon’s key climate change documents and identify priority research gaps and practical research questions related to climate change adaptation, vulnerability and climate risks.

The assignment will contribute to the development of a broader catalogue of climate change research needs for Lebanon.

1- Review key national climate documents, particularly the National Adaptation Plan (NAP), Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), National Communications, Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) and relevant vulnerability, risk and sectoral assessments.
2- Identify key data gaps, knowledge gaps, scientific and methodological limitations, modelling needs and evidence gaps relevant to adaptation and climate risk.
3- Translate the identified gaps into clear, practical and policy-relevant research questions that could be addressed by universities, students, research centres and academic institutions.
4- Organize the research needs and questions by relevant sector and/or cross-cutting theme.
5- Focus particularly on areas including water, agriculture, health, ecosystems and biodiversity, cities and infrastructure, and disaster risk reduction, while identifying additional adaptation-related areas where relevant.
6- Prioritize research needs based on their relevance to national climate policy and their potential contribution to improved adaptation planning and implementation.

The Online Volunteer will prepare:

1- A structured matrix of priority research gaps and practical research questions covering areas such as water, agriculture, health, ecosystems and biodiversity, cities and infrastructure, and disaster risk reduction.

a- The matrix should, include:

Sector / Theme;
Identified Gap;
Research Need;
Proposed Research Question;
Relevant Policy / Source;
Policy Relevance / Application.

b- A short introductory note summarizing the main findings and priority areas should accompany the matrix.