The World Bank issued a press release on May 18, 2022 in which it stated that the Lebanon Finance Facility (a multi-donor trust fund established by the World Bank in cooperation with the United Nations and the European Union) will grant $10 million to assist Lebanon in reducing the environmental and health impacts of the Beirut port explosion on population close to the blast radius. Said grant is the fourth of its kind and is part of a program signed between the World Bank and the UNDP in the presence of the Lebanese Minister of Environment Mr. Nasser Yassine. According to the World Bank, physical damages to the environment were estimated between $20 million and $25 million, while recovery and reconstruction needs were estimated between $75 million and $100 million. The press release also commented that the explosion resulted in severe environmental impacts, in addition to damage to municipal solid waste management infrastructure, and pollution of the marine ecosystem surrounding the explosion site, loss of green vegetation in Beirut and a short-term increase in dust levels during the demolition, rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged buildings. Furthermore, the program will help rehabilitate two damaged solid waste treatment facilities: the Karantina solid waste sorting facility and Coral composting facility. In this respect, the UNDP Resident Representative Mrs. Melanie Hauenstein stated that the UNDP’s partnership with the World Bank will ensure “timely action for a sustainable environmental recovery for all of Beirut and beyond”. The program will also focus on climate change adaptation and greening of project investments by developing a strategic framework for greening Beirut’s reconstruction by adopting an evidence-based methodology for future environmental action.