Lebanon

Lebanon is a highly vulnerable country in terms of the environment. It is affected, in particular, by overbuilding, deforestation, illegal dumping and excessive exploitation of water resources. The situation has been aggravated by war, political and financial instability and the significant influx of refugees from Syria. 

The environmental collaboration between Italy and Lebanon began in 2016, when the Italian Ministry and the Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation, (LCEC), signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement on Sustainable Development with the aim of strengthening bilateral relations, between the two countries, in the field of sustainable development and in the fight against climate change. There are three active projects. 

The focus of the current projects is to promote energy savings and efficiency through the installation of heat pumps for heating in the civil and tertiary sector, and a plan to replace high-energy appliances with low-consumption models. 

Counterpart: Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC)
Intervention Areas:

• Innovation of energy policies;
• Promotion of sustainable and low-carbon technologies;
• Innovative financial policies capable of supporting energy efficiency and renewable energies.

Documentation - MASE-LCEC Memorandum of Understanding (July 7, 2016, EN)  - Work Plan (July 28, 2016, EN) - National Action Plan for renewable energy (November 2016, EN) - Presentation: How NEEREA  Mechanism works EN