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National E-Waste Monitor

This report examines the overall statistics of electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) placed on the market (POM), the national stock and its subsequent e-waste generation, its disposal routes, and e-waste collection for environmentally sound management. The main findings are that 63 kt EEE were placed on the market in Lebanon in 2021, entering the stock of households and businesses. The total stock of EEE in Lebanon in 2021 is calculated at 659 kt. Once devices are broken or unused, the household survey suggests that repair and donation are the predominant intentions of Lebanese households, which is likely to extend the lifespan of the EEE. In 2021, 46 kt of e-waste was discarded from the stock and became e-waste. Once discarded, waste management infrastructure is lacking, and e-waste ends up with the municipal solid waste or is collected by the informal sector. As a result, of the 46 kt e-waste generation in 2021 only 0.09 kt was documented by two e-waste national dismantling entities in Lebanon to have been managed in an environmentally sound manner.

LebanonJun 2022

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Lebanon State of the Environment and Future Outlook: Turning the Crises into Opportunities

Over the past decade, Lebanon has endured multiple crises, including political instability, the fast changing financial and economic situation, as compounded by the COVID19 outbreak, the Beirut Port explosions and the impact of the Syria crisis These compounded crises have significantly exacerbated pre-existing development challenges in the country, while contributing to the deterioration of an already fragile natural ecosystem, given the immense added pressure on resources. Within this framework, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Lebanon, have partnered to jointly prepare the “The State of the Environment and Future Outlook: Turning the Crises into Opportunities” in close collaboration with the Ministry of Environment. The purpose of the report is to consolidate, analyze and present the latest available data on the environment in various key sectors in Lebanon. Each chapter has been drafted and reviewed by experts across the fields of solid waste, water and wastewater, land management, air pollution and environment policies. The report ultimately seeks to make data and analysis available to the public, policy makers and humanitarian and development partners to support evidence based policies, and to facilitate better planning and programme on environment issues. It also provides forward looking scenarios for the future of the environment and natural resource management in Lebanon. These scenarios include (a) a negative outlook that is based on the current situation and status quo and (b) a more positive outlook that considers these crises as opportunities to build Lebanon forward and break the country’s current unsustainable path. As the multiple crises that Lebanon is experiencing continue to negatively affect the environment across the board, there is a real risk that the positive gains made could be reversed and that the country could face accelerated environmental emergencies of greater impact. This is notwithstanding the fact that the continued environmental degradation will likely further exacerbate Lebanon’s overall crises.

LebanonMar 2022

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Gender-Related Laws, Policies and Practices in Lebanon

More than a decade after the United Nations’ adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which is adopted by many countries including Lebanon, these countries returned in 2015 to commit themselves to achieve gender equality and to empower all women and girls as one of the development agenda goals for the coming years1. According to this goal, gender equality is no longer a fundamental human right only, but also one of the necessary foundations for peace, prosperity and sustainability at the social and economic level. Despite the various efforts made in Lebanon to achieve gender-based justice and equality, the picture is still bleak. In 2017, Lebanon ranked 137th out of 144 countries in the world and 11th among 14 Arab countries on the global gender gap index of the World Economic Foru2m. This index and others require an auditing analysis in a political, economic, cultural, social and security factors that Lebanon is undergoing. Therefore, this report will show a rebuttal of some of the most significant aspects of gender justice and equality in Lebanon, then study it by analysing the collection of legislation and policies and the based-on practices at the level of the state and other actors.

LebanonMar 2022

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Human Development Report 2019 - Lebanon

The main premise of the human development approach is that expanding peoples’ freedom is both the main aim of, and the principal means for sustainable development. This report shows Lebanon's Human Development Index (HDI), Gender Development Index (GDI), Gender Inequality Index (GII) and Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).

LebanonFeb 2021

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Political Rights of People with Disabilities in Lebanon

Description: In 2016, there were 98,000 registered persons with disabilities in Lebanon, representing an estimated three percent of Lebanon’s population. They face many challenges, including legal and administrative barriers to political participation, while lack of access is present in elections as well as in political parties and political expression. Initiatives to increase their participation in elections and decision-making processes are also limited. Political participation of persons with disabilities has been outlined in a series of international and regional human rights conventions. Among them is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which was first to elaborate the right to participate in political and public life in the context of disability and to provide specific guidance to States. Lebanon signed the CRPD in 2007 but has yet to ratify it, and the hope is to improve the level of participation of persons with disabilities in the political life and facilitate their accessibility to electoral process.

LebanonMar 2020

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Spotlight on Youth in Lebanon

Description: In the midst of severe regional and internal pressures Lebanon has shown a remarkable, and perhaps unexpected, degree of resilience. A look at basic development indicators suggests the country has made massive gains towards human development in recent decades. However this cursory glance fails to illuminate the major blockages which continue to mire further progress and restrict the human capabilities of those in Lebanon. At the center of this situation are the youth of Lebanon who are personally confronted by many of these development challenges on a daily basis and whose empowerment is central to the well-being of the nation as a whole. This study aims to provide an updated analysis of the socio-economic situation of Lebanese youth and illustrate the wide development disparities between different groups within the country. The study also includes updates about the welfare and living conditions of non-Lebanese resident youth (mostly refugees). This paper serves to promote more factually informed decision making among all parties seeking to advance the human development status of Lebanon. This report was made possible through the generous support of the People of Japan through UNDP Regional Bureau of Arab States.

LebanonFeb 2020