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About
Background
The Research and Policy Forum on Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World was launched in February 2008 as a prototype of the IFI's goal of bringing together AUB's significant research and analysis capabilities with the public policy-making needs of the Arab world. Over 25 faculty members at AUB whose research touches on climate change and environment issues are becoming involved with the program, with several having already presented their research and policy recommendations at the program's inaugural Spring Lec ture Series on The Impact of Climate Change on the Arab World.
The Lecture Series brought together eight different scholars, researchers, and policy-makers to explore a range of climate change issues including water resources management, carbon trading in the Middle East, public-private partnerships for climate change legislation, and the role of Arab countries in post-Kyoto policies. The lectures provided a launching pad for the program, as it develops into a permanent mechanism that aims to:
- Establish and maintain a central database of all pertinent research and researchers on climate change-related issues in the Arab region.
- Organize regular meetings among researchers, government officials, and relevant institutions in the private sector, civil society, and the international community, to exchange technical findings, identify gaps in our knowledge base on the extent and implications of climate change in this region, and initiate, coordinate and disseminate new research projects.
- Through research studies, identify the cross-sectoral implications of expected likely climate change scenarios, in fields like Water, Agriculture, Rural livelihoods, Food trade, Energy, Transport, Air pollution, Public health, International law and policy-making, Urbanism/migration, Biodiversity, Employment and Economy.
- Work together to define the most appropriate policy recommendations that could mitigate the negative impact of climate change, and share these suggestions with pertinent officials in parliaments, the executive branch, government agencies, the media, educators and others involved in implementing or influencing public policy in Arab countries.
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Research
IFI - AUB
Dr. Rima Habib, Associate Professor of Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, and member of the IFI's Research and Policy Forum on Climate Change and the Environment in the Arab World, launched a systematic literature review on climate change and health.
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Contact
Sarine Karajerjian, Program Coordinator
Ext. 4157 ||| Email: sk63@aub.edu.lb
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| Announcements |
| February 19, 2009 |
Climate Change and Environment Forum- Public Lecture
Mark Saadeh
Seawater Intrusion In Greater Beirut
Current Situation and Correlation to Climate Change 2004/8
Time: 12:30pm
Venue: Vandyck Auditorium , AUB |
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Read Memo |
| Memo 2 |
IFI Climate Change Research and Policy Memo #2
by Assistant Professor Hamed Assaf at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, AUB |
| Read in English or Arabic |
| December 11, 2008 |
IFI hosting and reactivating the Lebanese National Committee of the International Geosphere- Biosphere Program (IGBP) |
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September 2008
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"Who are the Stakeholders in Ras Beirut's Seafront Pollution Management?"
The AUB Neighborhood Initiative
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Jad Chaaban |
| Download Report |
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Full audio and video of IFI lectures at the Academic Computing Center website | |
| Past Lectures and Events |
| December 12 , 2008 |
Innovations in Climate Protection Policies: What Can the Arab World Learn from European Countries?
By Danyel Reiche, PhD, Assistant Professor, PSPA Dept., AUB |
| Presentation |
| December 5, 2008 |
Eastern Mediterranean Climate Variability Reconstructed from Tree Rings
By Ramzi Touchan, PhD, Associate Research Professor, Laboratory of Tree-Rings Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. |
| Audio & Video |
| May 22, 2008 |
The Tripod of Academia, Government and Private Sector: From Science to Policy Making
By Berj Hatjian, PhD, Director General, Ministry of Environment, Lebanon |
| Audio & Video |
| May 8, 2008 |
Seawater Intrusion in Greater Beirut: Current Situation and Early Signs of Climate Change
By Mark Saade, PhD, Instructor of Oceonography, Geology Dept., AUB |
| Audio & Video |
| April 15, 2008 |
Climate Change and the Arab World: Effects and Practical Implications for Water, Land, Food and Urbanism
By George J. Nasr, PhD, Associate Professor, Lebanese University, Lebanon |
| Audio & Video |
| April 8, 2008 |
"Are Changes in Insect Patterns in the Lebanese Mountains Evidence of Climate Change?”
By Nabil Nemer, PhD, Research Associate , AUB |
| Audio & Video |
| April 1, 2008 |
“Post- Kyoto Policies: How Can Arab Countries Meet Climate Change Challenges After 2012?”
By Wael Hmaidan, Executive Director, IndyAct |
| Audio & Video |
| March 25, 2008 |
"Climate Change and Carbon Emissions Trading in the Arab World: A Realistic Answer to the Dangers Ahead?"
By Jad Chaaban, PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics, AUB
&Souheil Abboud, Middle East Regional Director, Eco-Securities Group plc. |
| Audio & Video |
| March 4, 2008 |
" Climate Change: Potential Impact on Water Resources in the Middle East and Adaptation Options"
By Hamed Assaf, PhD, Assistant Professor at the dept of Civil
and Environmental Engineering, AUB |
| Audio & Video |
| February 20, 2008 |
Climate Change and its Impact: Policy Scenarios for Lebanon.
By Nadim Farajalla, PhD, Associate Professor of Hydrology
and Water Resources, AUB |
| Audio & Video | |
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