Climate action information system introduced to key stakeholders in Lebanon

A high-level session to review the Management and Information System for Climate Action (MISCA), was organized by the Ministry of Environment in Beirut, on 10 January 2018. The system, first unveiled at the Beirut Energy Forum and at a dedicated side event during the COP23, was included in Lebanon’s Second Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC, as a core component of its strategy to build a domestic Monitoring Reporting & Verification (MRV) framework. MISCA is designed to help line ministries track their own progress in achieving sectoral targets and facilitate the sharing of information. Ultimately, this should enhance the effectiveness and transparency of Lebanon’s MRV efforts. The information system has been collaboratively designed by the Lebanese Ministry of Environment (MoE), the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW), and the Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC), with support from the EU-funded ClimaSouth project. It is anticipated that during the course of implementation, the partnership will be expanded to other line ministries such as the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.