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Research and Policy Memo #5 | June 2009 Carbon Trading: A Potential for Arab Countries to Abate Climate ChangeJad Chaaban,and Souheil Abboud Carbon emissions trading provides a financial incentive for Arab countries to mitigate the effects of climate change, but they still need to reduce carbon emissions and follow the Kyoto Protocol in an international effort to fend off global warming. This was the view from academia and the private sector on carbon trading as a climate change mitigation strategy for the Arab world, presented during a recent lecture at the American University of Beirut (AUB)...

Research and Policy Memo #5 | June 2009 Carbon Trading: A Potential for Arab Countries to Abate Climate ChangeJad Chaaban,and Souheil Abboud Carbon emissions trading provides a financial incentive for Arab countries to mitigate the effects of climate change, but they still need to reduce carbon emissions and follow the Kyoto Protocol in an international effort to fend off global warming. This was the view from academia and the private sector on carbon trading as a climate change mitigation strategy for the Arab world, presented during a recent lecture at the American University of Beirut (AUB)...

 مذكرات للباحثين وصناع القرار #5 | حزيران 2009 تجارة الكربون: إمكانية أمام الدول العربية للحد من تغير المناخجاد شعبان .يوفر الاتجار في انبعاثات الكربون حافزاً مالياً للدول العربية للتخفيف من آثار تغير المناخ، لكنها لا تزال بحاجة إلى خفض انبعاثات الكربون ومتابعة بروتوكول كيوتو في جهد دولي لدرء ظاهرة الاحتباس الحراري .وكان هذا رأي الاوساط الاكادميية والقطاع الخاص حول تجارة الكربون كاستراتيجية للتخفيف من حدة تغير المناخ في العالم العربي الذي تم عرضه خلال محاضرة جرت مؤخرا في الجامعة الاميركية في بيروت

Research and Policy Memo #4 | May 2009 Water Mismanagement Responsible for High Levels of Saline and Chloride in Greater Beirut GroundwaterMark Saadeh Intrusion in the coastal aquifers of Greater Beirut has largely been a direct consequence of decades of water mismanagement – exacerbated by a civil war lasting more than fifteen years, according to Dr Mark Saadeh, consultant to the Litani River Authority. Concurrent urban growth and repeated natural drought conditions have also amplified this phenomenon. Dr. Saadeh presented two lectures at AUB, as part of the Research and Policy Forum on...

Research and Policy Memo #4 | May 2009 Water Mismanagement Responsible for High Levels of Saline and Chloride in Greater Beirut GroundwaterMark Saadeh Intrusion in the coastal aquifers of Greater Beirut has largely been a direct consequence of decades of water mismanagement – exacerbated by a civil war lasting more than fifteen years, according to Dr Mark Saadeh, consultant to the Litani River Authority. Concurrent urban growth and repeated natural drought conditions have also amplified this phenomenon. Dr. Saadeh presented two lectures at AUB, as part of the Research and Policy Forum on...

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...

IFI Research and Policy Memo #2 | January 2009 Governments Should Practice 'Water Demand Management' to Rescue Region's Water ResourcesHamed Assaf Surging populations and increasing living standards in the Middle East are exacerbating the region’s water problem as countries begin to expect more of scarce and poorly managed water, warned Dr. Hamed Assaf, a professor of water resources engineering at the American University of Beirut. High water demand, negligence of water quality, and over-pumping are more serious threats to the region’s water supply than are the potential impacts of climate...

 2009 مذكرات للباحثين وصناع القرار #2 | كانون الثاني على الحكومات أن تمارس "إدارة الطلب على المياه"  كي تنقذ الموارد المائية للمنطقة من التغير المناخيحامد عساف حذر البروفيسور حامد عساف من تفاقم مشكلة المياه في الشرق الاوسط يوماً بعد يوم، في ظل الزيادات السكانية وازدياد المتطلبات والمستوى المعيشي، مما يعني أنه على دول المنطقة توقع المزيد من الشح وتبعات سوء الإدارة في مواردها المائيةّ وجاء كلام عساف، الدكتور برتبة بروفيسور في هندسة الموارد المائية في الجامعة الاميركية في بيروت، خلال محاضرته التي نظمها معهد عصام فارس للسياسات العامة والشؤون الدولية 

Review of marginalisation of people with disabilities in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. Using a social exclusion conceptual framework, this paper identifies several causes of marginalization of people with disabilities in the context of the MENA region.

Research and Policy Memo by Nadim Farajalla, PhD in Environmental Engineering, who is an Associate Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at AUB. The policy adresses climate change and environment in the Arab world, where Dr. Nadim Farajalla talked about in his lecture.  Climate change will impact on at least seven distinct sectors throughout the Middle East, and a coalition of actors in society must work together quickly to minimize the negative consequences that might occur. 

Research and Policy Memo #1 | June 2008 Researchers, Civil Society and Government Must Combine Forces to Offset Climate Change’s Expected Impact on Multiple Sectors in the Arab World  Nadim Farajalla Climate change will impact on at least seven distinct sectors throughout the Middle East, and a coalition of actors in society must work together quickly to minimize the negative consequences that might occur. This was the main theme of a recent lecture by Dr. Nadim Farajalla of the American University of Beirut (AUB), faculty director of the new Research and Policy Forum on Climate Change and the...

This brochure highlights UNDP’s contribution in the Early Recovery process of the Palestinian and Lebanese populations who were affected by the Nahr El Bared crisis.

This paper reviews the process and outcome of constructing a “rights model of disability” which is culturally specific to Jordan and Lebanon.

Dans le cadre du Projet MEDSTAT Environnement, l’Administration Centrale de la Statistique (ACS) – le point focal des statistiques en général et des statistiques environnementales en particulier – élabore le présent compendium.

A booklet highlighting UNDP's prompt response to the environmental disaster that hit the Lebanese coastline resulting from the air strike on the fuel storage tanks of the Jiyeh power plant.

The objectives of this assessment are to identify and prioritize environmental impacts caused by the July 2006 war, to propose measures to alleviate those impacts rated as significant, and to recommend opportunities for greening the recovery, reconstruction, and reform process

This note discusses the varied strategies adopted by CDD (Community Driven Development) programs to ensure the inclusion of disabled people.

In the coming decades, the world’s rapid urbanization will be one of the greatest challenges to ensuring human welfare and a viable global environment.

In 2002 the Lebanese Physically Handicapped Union (LPHU) conducted a study of 200 graduates of institutions for disabled people, to find out if institutions help disabled people enjoy their rights in the areas of education and employment, as set out in Lebanon’s laws on disabi

The study upon which this article is based analyzes the status of Arab women in general, gender relations in the Middle East, and the situation of Arab women with disabilities, based on available disability statistics from a few selected countries and the author's observations