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Country-specific Studies on Climate Change and the Policy-making Process in the Levant

The Issam Fares Institute commissioned 5 country/region-specific papers on the various issues and stakeholders involved in climate change for the Levant countries (Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria) and North Africa. Regional experts each delivered a short publication and presented their work at a closed seminar on August 4, 2009, at the American University of Beirut, AUB.

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National Economic, Environment and Development Studies (NEEDS) Project

The Lebanese government, through its Ministry of Environment, approached IFI for the first time to study the cost of Climate Change adaptation and mitigation on the Energy and Agriculture sectors in Lebanon. This inter-disciplinary project brought in four AUB faculty members to prepare the study: Leila Dagher, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Nadim Farajalla, Assistant Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources, Marcus Marktanner, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, and Philippe Zgheib, Senior Lecturer, Management, School of Business.
The NEEDS Lebanon Country Brief was submitted and presented by Dr. Nadim Farajalla at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP15) Copenhagen world summit, December 2009. Lebanon is one of 10 countries selected by UNFCCC to prepare and submit this NEEDS report for the Copenhagen conference.

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Climate Change in the MENA Region: What Health Consequences and Costs?
Iman Nuwayhid, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, AUB
Rima Habib, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health, AUB

Water Resources Planning Model for Lebanon with Emphasis on the Potential Impact of Climate Change
Hamed Assaf, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, AUB

Effect of Distributed Electric Power Generation on Household Exposure to Airborne Carcinogens:
Unintended Consequences of Supply-Side Power Reduction Measures in Poorly Regulated Environments
Alan Shihadeh, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, AUB
Najat Saliba, Associate Professor, Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, AUB

Analytical study on climate change policy-making processes in the Levant
Karim Makdisi, Associate Director at the Issam Fares Institute and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Studies and Public Administration, AUB

Women’s perception of environmental risk and childhood illness in disadvantaged community
Rima Habib, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health, AUB