Articles

Habib Maalouf (Assafir)
Climate Change and “Sustainable Cities” Proposal
Habib Maalouf discusses the "Global Greens Congress" in that took place São Paulo, Brazil, on May 1-5, 2008 and the prospective for the green parties work all over the globe. (May 2008)

Alister Doyle (Reuters)
World warming despite cool Pacific and Baghdad snow
In this article, Alister Doyle tackles the fact that climate change is still nudging up temperatures, even though it snowed in Baghdad for the first since long. She discusses this, showing how climate Global warming has not stopped even though 2008 was predicted to be the coolest year since 2000. (January 2008)

Michael T. Klare (AlterNet.org)
Preparing for Life After Oil
Michael T. Klare the professor of peace and world security shows how we are entering the age of insufficiency, where oil prices hit new highs and supplies sink, hence having our way of life drastically changed. (November 2007)

Fouad Hamdan (Executive Magazine)
Arab States Ignore Climate Change
Arab Leaders are ignoring climate change at the peril of their people, argues Fouad Hamdan. Far from being the problem of a distant future, climate change is already affecting Arab countries.  Hydrogen, a clean energy suitable to replace oil and petrol can be generated from solar energy. Timely investment in such technologies would more than offset any reduction in oil production, and put the region at the forefront of clean energy suppliers. (April 2007)

Suzanne Baaklini (L'Orient Le Jour)
Socio Economic Consequences at all Levels
Global Warming: More Drought and Heat in Lebanon
Suzanne Baaklini describes the potential effects of climate change on Lebanon, citing heat waves, floods, drought and desertification and their effects on the ecological system of Lebanon and the Lebanese economy, in particular tourism and agriculture, and suggests a number of measures to avoid these effects.(November 2005)

Habib Maalouf (As-Safir)
On the Edge of Climate Change: A Late Warning
A call for taking on Climate Change as one of the most serious challenges to the existing practices of global cooperation and economy, and to adjust values and behavior towards sustainability and responsibility. (February 2007)

Wikipedia
Climate Change
Comprehensive overview with multiple links for further reading. (Constantly Updated)

Climate Policy Map online

This website offers interactive information on international climate policy. By using the website’s Map Creator users can create maps on climate policy, download Fact Sheets, summarize information on climate policy, and find information related to the main national climate policies.

Links

Arab Campaign for Climate Change

Arab Environment Watch

BBC Weather Forecast - Special on Climate Change

European Commission - "You Control Climate Change"

Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME)

Inter Governmental Panel On Climate Change(IPCC)

Climate Change, Enabling Activity Project
A project prepared by the Lebanese Ministry of Environment

Regional Effects of Climate Change
Quick facts about the middle east effects of climate change by the Climate Institute

REN21 - Renewable Energy Policy
Network for the 21st Century

Reuters latest environment blogs

United Nation Environment Program - Climate Change Page

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

United Nations System's Work on Climate Change

Two-day conference organized by hbf that focused on environmental issues that have the potential to cause conflicts, and for which sustainable solutions would require cooperation between the parties, with one panel dedicated to potential conflicts arising from climate change. Read More..

Status and Potentials of Renewable Energy Technologies in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Palestine

Desk study compiled by hbf partner organization  Green Line as part of the project Promoting renewable energies in Lebanon.

Climate Change in Lebanon & the Middle East

A Detailed Assessment of Global Oil Capacity and Prices Through 2030
By: Dr. Sadad I. Al Husseini

Climate change and the Impact on Natural Areas and Wildlife in Lebanon

Climate Change and Variability in Lebanon: Impact on Land Use and Sustainable Agriculture
By: Fadi Karam
Head of the Department of Irrigation and Agro-Meteorology, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute

Climate Change and Water Resources in Lebanon and the Middle East
By: E. Bou-Zeid and M. El-Fadel

Climate Change Impacts in the Middle East
By: Climate Institute

Climate Change: Implications for Agriculture in the Near East
By: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO)

How Climate Change Will Impact Multiple Sectors in Society
By: Professor Nadim Farajalla
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut

Research and Policy Memo: Climate Change and Environment in the Arab World
By: Professor Nadim Farajalla

Lebanon’s National Communication on Climate Change
By: Lebanese Ministry of Environment

The Arab Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change
The Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment has adopted this declaration its 19th session held on December 5 and 6, 2007.

The Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources of Lebanon Eastern Mediterranean
By: Mohammad R. Khawlie
National Centre for Remote Sensing

Reports

Arab Climate Campaign Position Paper

Climate Change: A New Threat to Middle East Security
A report prepared by Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) on the Climate Change implications on the Middle East region.

Climate Change: Implications for Agriculture in the Near East
Twenty-Ninth FAO regional conference for the near east

Environmental Degradation Triggering Tensions and Conflict in Sudan
A report prepared by United Nations Environment Program that sheds the light to how that Climate Change effect on the Economical Degradation effects and escalates tensions and conflicts in Sudan. (UNEP, June 2007 )

Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world
Human Development Report 2007/2008. (UNDP)

IPCC Special Report on the Regional Impacts of Climate Change - Chapter 7: The Middle East Part and Arid Asia

Kyoto Protocol

REN21 Report for the Middle East and North Africa

The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Global Climate Change (CSIS)

Towards a new global climate deal
An analysis of the agreements and politics of the Bali negotiations By Jennifer L Morgan, (January 2008)

What is Climate Change?
Fact Sheet prepared by hbf and the League of Independent Activists (Indyact) on Climate Change