Event

Climate change impact on groundwater resources in selected countries

ESCWA, in coordination with the Arab Center for the Study of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD), is organizing a workshop aimed at training representatives from Iraq, Morocco and Tunisia on assessing the impacts of climate change on groundwater resources. The workshop is being held following the development of a training manual on assessing the impacts of climate change on groundwater resources and the selection of pilot study areas to implement the assessment within member States on a request basis.

The workshop aims to:

• Present and explain the manual on assessing the impacts of climate change on groundwater resources, including the required data, and the existing opportunities and challenges;
• Guide trainees in applying the manual to the study area, draw conclusions about modeling results and inform decision-making in this regard;
• Enable national teams to use the Arab Groundwater Knowledge Platform;
• Add the outputs of each study to the Arab Groundwater Knowledge Platform;
• Meet with each national team to discuss the necessary data to update the Arab hydrogeological map.