A meeting and workshop addressing the vulnerability of Lebanon to climate change as well as the financing needs that will allow the country to adopt mitigation measures against this environmental phenomenon will be held at AUB on Tuesday August 18 at 8.30am in West Hall’s Auditorium B.
Organized by the Ministry of Environment and the Second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Project, the meeting is hosted by AUB’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs. It is titled: “Adaptation and Mitigation Scoping Meeting and the National Economic, Environment and Development Studies (NEEDS) Inception Workshop.”
The Issam Fares Institute and the Ministry of Environment have teamed up to undertake a National Economic, Environment, and Development Study (NEEDS) to mitigate climate change. The NEEDS will enable Lebanon to identify financing needs to implement mitigation and adaptation measures in key economic sectors and to identify financial instruments and policies that will support the implementation of these measures.
After completing the national greenhouse gas inventory, the Second National Communication project launched, in early June 2009, its second phase of activities, namely: 1) Lebanon’s Vulnerability analysis, and the development of appropriate adaptation plans; and 2) Lebanon’s mitigation options to reduce GHG emissions from key sectors, which is being completed with the collaboration of the Lebanese consultancy firm ELARD s.a.r.l., and the Energy, Environment, Water Research Center (EEWRC) from Cyprus.
In parallel, the Ministry of Environment, with direct funding from the UNFCCC secretariat, and AUB are working on the NEEDS project.
