Lebanon has been exposed to several crises including political instability, national currency collapse, fuel shortages, unsustainable grains import, and intermittency of energy access. With funding from the European Commission, UNDP’s Community Entrepreneurship for Distributed Renewable Opportunities (CEDRO) Project supports Lebanon to access climate finance, expand sustainable energy solutions and advance its energy transition to help communities recover from the crises.  

Yemen has been one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world since the start of the conflict in Yemen in 2015. Since 2016, the Enhanced Rural Resilience in Yemen Programme (ERRY) has supported the deployment of decentralized renewable energy solutions for local communities and essential public services such health, education, and municipalities. ERRY is funded the European Union and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and implemented in partnership by UNDP, the Food and Agriculture Organization 5FAO), the International Labor Organization (ILO), and the World Food Programme (WFP). The ERRY programme has been recognised internationally providing sustainable energy solutions and hope to frontline, conflict-affected communities.

Morocco is a one of the region’s renewable energy leaders. The GEF-funded Sustainable Cities Impact Sustainable Cities Impact project is a comprehensive initiative that supports  the scale-up of existing  activities related to biodiversity conservation, land restoration, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and climate resilience. 

This GEF-funded project promotes low-carbon buildings initially in the Greater Amman Municipality, with the objective of expanding to other municipalities, through the development of Building Energy Codes and the roll out of the 2016 National Energy Efficiency Action Plan and the 2016 National Green Growth Plan 2016.  

A new regional flagship initiative, the Sustainable Energy Acceleration Platform aims to address sustainable energy challenges in the Arab region -- from scaling up the clean energy transition to providing universal access to energy -- with the aim of powering a green growth across the region.