UNDP, through the CEDRO project, and the Ministry of Energy & Water published the first version of the "National Wind Atlas of Lebanon" which will create a growing momentum in Lebanon towards strengthening and developing the renewable energy sector in the country.
This report will provide a description of the assessment conducted by IMC’s Mental Health and Psychosocial team in the region of Wadi Khaled following the displacement of Syrians into the northern villages between the Lebanese-Syrian borders as a result of the internal conflic
UNHCR, coordinating the operations in the North along side with the HRC (High Relief Commission) and DRC as its main implementing partner, requested from DRC to conduct a first rapid assessment in the Bekaa with the following objectives: a) To identify existing areas of displa
The State and Trends of the Lebanese Environment report provides an overview of the current condition of natural resources and environmental management in the country. Furthermore, it gives an analysis of past and future developments across multiple different sectors.
Working Paper Series #3 | July 2010
Describing the Lebanese Youth: A National and Psycho-Social SurveyCharles Harb
The present research investigates socio-demographic, socio-cultural and social-psychological profiles of a representative sample of Lebanese youth. The study thus provides a first assessment of youth in Lebanon, with a clear hope to replicate this research in other parts of the Arab world. This report does not aim to provide a comprehensive model testing between levels of analyses, but rather focuses on a more descriptive profiling of such variables in a way that may be useful to...
IFI Research and Policy Memo #1 | April 2010
The Transnational Tobacco Industry Effectively Hampers Tobacco Control Policy-Making in LebanonRima Nakkash
Lebanon is still considered one of the weakest countries in the region with regards to regulating tobacco use, despite having ratified the World Health Organisation’s Framework convention on Tobacco Control in 2005. Lebanon has failed numerous attempts to introduce a national tobacco control policy, including banning smoking in closed public areas, banning advertising and sponsorship, and placing large pictorial health warnings on tobacco...
The Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) and the World Bank organized a workshop entitled "Gender Statistics in Lebanon: Current Situation and Future Needs," which took place on June 17, 2010.
Information on the health service in Lebanon including availability of access and availability of drugs and treatment. Information on treatment of mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, post traumatic syndrome, including psychiatric treatment.
This brochure elaborates on the achievements of the UNDP’s 4 portfolios in Lebanon: Democratic Governance, Poverty & Social Development, Environment & Energy, and Crisis Prevention & Recovery.
نبذة مختصرة عن دراسة | آب 2009
(الوضع الحالي للبحوث والسياسات المتعلقة بتغير المناخ في المشرق العربي: حالة الأردن (نبذة مختصرةمنار فياض
عقد معهد عصام فارس للسياسات العامة والشؤون الدولية في الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت ورشة عمل مغلقة حول تغير المناخ والمياه وعملية صنع السياسات في منطقة المشرق العر في شهر آب /أغسطس 2009
حضر ورشة العمل كبار الخبراء في مجال المياه والصرف الصحي، وتم تسليط الضوء على العديد من البلدان من خلال دراسة حالتها. يركز هذا الملخص الذي اعدته منار الفياض من الجامعة الأردنية على حالة الأردن
نبذة مختصرة عن دراسة | آب 2009
(الوضع الحالي للبحوث والسياسات المتعلقة بتغير المناخ في المشرق العربي: حالة الأردن (نبذة مختصرةمنار فياض
عقد معهد عصام فارس للسياسات العامة والشؤون الدولية في الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت ورشة عمل مغلقة حول تغير المناخ والمياه وعملية صنع السياسات في منطقة المشرق العر في شهر آب /أغسطس 2009
حضر ورشة العمل كبار الخبراء في مجال المياه والصرف الصحي، وتم تسليط الضوء على العديد من البلدان من خلال دراسة حالتها. يركز هذا الملخص الذي اعدته منار الفياض من الجامعة الأردنية على حالة الأردن
Region-Specific Study | August 2009
Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptations and Policy-Making Process: Palestine as a Case Study (Full Text)Ziad Mimi, Michael Mason,and Mark Zeitoun
Global climate change related to natural and anthropogenic processes has been the topic of concern and interest world-wide. One of the most significant impacts of the ‘greenhouse effect’ is anticipated to be on water resources. Thus, the impact of climate change appears to be an additional component on top of the large number of existing water-related problems. The present paper will identify key climate change actors...
Region-Specific Study | August 2009
Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptations and Policy-Making Process: Palestine as a Case Study (English Summary) Ziad Mimi, Michael Mason, and Mark Zeitoun
Global climate change related to natural and anthropogenic processes has been the topic of concern and interest world-wide. One of the most significant impacts of the ‘greenhouse effect’ is anticipated to be on water resources. Thus, the impact of climate change appears to be an additional component on top of the large number of existing water-related problems. The present paper will identify key climate...
Region-Specific Study | August 2009
Climate Change in the Levant and North Africa Region: An Assessment of Implications for Water Resources, Regional State of Awareness and Preparedness, and the Road Ahead (English Summary)Hamed Assaf
Climate change is now a well-documented fact. It is acknowledged by scientists and governments world-wide and is considered to be already on its way. The LNA (Levant and North Africa) region is one of the most affected regions and most vulnerable to climate change. The questions remain though, ’are we ready?’ ‘What is currently known about the issues relating to...
Region-Specific Study | August 2009
Climate Change in the Levant and North Africa Region: An Assessment of Implications for Water Resources, Regional State of Awareness and Preparedness, and the Road Ahead (Presentation)Antoine Hreiche
This presentation provides an assessment of the implications for water resources in the LNA region.
Presentation Outline:
Water Resources Status
North Africa’s Climates
Climate Change adds new complexity
Impacts
What can be done?
Region-Specific Study | August 2009
Climate Change in the Levant and North Africa Region: An Assessment of Implications for Water Resources, Regional State of Awareness and Preparedness, and the Road Ahead (Full Text)Hamed Assaf
It is now widely acknowledged that climate change is fast approaching us and many assert that it is already underway. Are we ready for it?
The bad news is that the Levant and North Africa (LNA) region is projected by most climate general circulation models (GCMs) to be the most severally impacted region in the world as it is expected to undergo severe water scarcity...
Region-Specific Study | August 2009
Climate Change, Water and the Policy-Making Process in the Levant and North Africa; The Syria Case (English Summary)Abdallah Droubi
At a closed workshop held by the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs in August 2009, leading water experts tackled the issue of climate change with a specific regard to Syria. The Middle East is considered to be the world’s most water-stressed regions where the average temperature over the Mediterranean has increased from 1.5 to 4 degrees Celcius in the last 100 years, and drought events are...
Region-Specific Study | August 2009
Current Status of Climate Change Research and Policy in the Levant; The Jordan Case Full Text Manar Fayyad
Rising concern over greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on the climate of the earth led to the international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. This treaty, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was legally non-binding in that it did not set mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions for individual...
