Multi-Faceted Mitigation Can Reduce Risk Of Complete Collapse Of Arab World’S Water, Food, And Land Systems | Ifi Research And Policy Memo #3

Research and Policy Memo #3 | February 2009 Multi-Faceted Mitigation Can Reduce Risk of Complete Collapse of Arab World’s Water, Food, and Land SystemsGeorge J. Nasr Shifts in trade and transport patterns due to global warming may cut off Arab countries from food and water, affecting them more than developed countries. This is only one of many urgent implications of climate change on food, water, and land in the Arab world - as outlined by George Nasr during a lecture at the American University of Beirut. “Cross-border mobilization and immediate investment in research and development would mitigate these effects,” said Nasr, who is an engineering consultant, a specialist in IT applications, and professor at the Lebanese University.