Knowledge Mapping Of Climate Change Issues And Stakeholders In Lebanon | Ifi Region-Specific Study

Region-Specific Study | August 2009
Knowledge Mapping of Climate Change  Issues and Stakeholders in LebanonNadim Farajalla 
Human activities have now been proven to be the main cause for changes in the Earth’s climate. Climate change has become the central issue of global concern; no country, large or small, rich or poor, will be immune from its ramifications. According to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (FAR) published in 2007 projects that the temperature in the Middle East will increase 1- 2°C by 2030-2050. In a more focused study of the effects of climate change on water resources, the IPCC expects substantial decreases of up to 20% to occur in the Mediterranean (IPCC 2008). The resultant impacts of these changes are expected to be far reaching effecting ecological systems in semi-arid much more than the arid parts of the region; woodlands and agro-ecosystems would be stressed and water resources in a region labeled as the most water-stressed in the world will be further debilitated.
To date only the Palestinian Authority and the Iraqi Government have not signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocols. Lebanon ratified the UNFCCC treaty in 1994 and then the Kyoto Protocol in November 2006. Lebanon has also been actively engaged in most of the COPs through the Ministry of Environment. As a result of this several activities undertaken by a variety of stakeholders and supported by several donors have taken place in Lebanon.

Publisher: 
Issam Fares Institute For Public Policy And International Affairs
تاريخ النشر: 
السبت, 1 آب 2009
نوع المورد: 
Studies and Reports
حلة: 
Environment & Ecology
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