Within the framework of the RICCAR, ESCWA and ACSAD organized the RICCAR/ACCWaM Vulnerability Assessment Task Force on Sensitivity Indicators Meeting from 21-21 October 2014 in Beirut at the UN House. This Task Force is basically a small ad hoc working group that was established to technically review, with regional experts, the indicators and associated maps that will support the preparation of the vulnerability assessment at the Arab regional level. The Vulnerability Assessment Task Force on Sensitivity Indicators discussed indicators related to:

1. Population;
2. Natural Environment;
3. Man-Made Environment

This Task Force also reviewed the drafted regional maps on the indicators related to:

• Population;
• Population distribution;
• Urbanization;
• Urban exposure;
• Land use/Land cover;
• Total renewable water resources;
• Degradation of vegetation cover;
• Soil storage capacity;
• Flood risk