There are several barriers to water sector adaptation to Climate Change that threaten the sustainability
of Jordan’s achievement of the MDG targets, these include: (i) climate change risks not sufficiently
taken into account within sectoral policies and investment frameworks; (ii) existing climate information,
knowledge and tools are not directly relevant for supporting adaptation decisions and actions;
and (iii) weak national capacity to develop sectoral adaptation responses. Jordan’s success in adapting
to increased water scarcity and related threats to health, food security, productivity, and human
security induced by Climate Change is the key to sustaining its human development achievements
and growth.