Debris Management Programme in the Gaza Strip – Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)
RAI Consult completed a comprehensive Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Debris Management Programme in the Gaza Strip, implemented by UNDP with technical and advisory support from UNEP under the Debris Management Working Group (DWG). The assessment adopts a programme-based approach, providing an integrated environmental and social management framework for current and future debris management operations across the Gaza Strip. It evaluates baseline conditions, identifies environmental and social risks and impacts, develops mitigation and monitoring measures, and establishes a practical roadmap for safe, sustainable, and socially responsible debris removal, recycling, and reuse in support of humanitarian response, early recovery, and reconstruction.
Key Components
- Programme-based Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA).
- Comprehensive environmental and social baseline assessment.
- Impact assessment covering all programme phases and operational sites.
- Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP).
- Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) and Explosive Ordnance (EO) risk management.
- Stakeholder engagement and public consultation.
- Environmental and social monitoring framework and compliance mechanisms.
- Site screening procedures for future expansion and institutional capacity development.
- Climate resilience, circular economy, and sustainable debris recycling framework.
