Scaling up water innovation for climate security in northern Jordan
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Scaling up water innovation for climate security in northern Jordan
July 14, 2021
key challenges:
Jordan’s ambitions towards sustainable development are challenged by multiple biophysical and socio-economic barriers including
- Rapid population growth
- Water scarcity
- High unemployment rates
- Land degradation
- Forced displacement and migration
- Limited economic resources
- Low levels of technology adoption
These challenges have left individuals, households and communities vulnerable to extensive asset and livelihood losses that are expected to worsen with climate change.