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The Environmental and Policy Implications of Solar Energy: The Light Amidst Lebanon's Crisis?
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| dc.contributor.author | Daou, Alain |
| dc.contributor.author | Kallab, Antoine |
| dc.contributor.author | Mouawad, Leila Rossa |
| dc.contributor.author | Ayoub, Marc |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-27T10:01:44Z |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-27T10:01:44Z |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-09 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10938/24608 |
| dc.description | This discussion is the second of AUB-NCC’s 2023 series of roundtables, titled “Navigating Climate Change and environmental activism in the MENA region: Challenges and Opportunities” Roundtable discussion Organized on May 9th 2023 at the Basile Antoine Meguerdiche Conference Hall – Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International A-airs (IFI). |
| dc.description | The series is co-designed with: Nature Conservation Center, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, Asfari Institute for Civil Society & Citizenship, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Arab Reform Initiative. |
| dc.description | Panel: Dr. Vahakn Kabakian, Climate Change Advisor at the United Nations Development Programme and Lebanese Ministry of the Environment (UNDP/MoE); Khalil Dinguizli, Associate Director, Head of Lebanon Resident Office at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Dalia Jubaili, Member of the Board of Directors of Jubaili Group Holding & Vice Chair of AUB-NCC’s Advisory Board; Souraya Machnouk, Partner at Abou Jaoude & Associates Law Firm; Pierre Khoury, President of the Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC); Carol Ayat, Energy Finance Professional, Investment Banker and IFI Associate Fellow (moderator). |
| dc.description.abstract | The second brief of the “Navigating Climate Change and environmental activism in the MENA region: Challenges and Opportunities" series. Inspired by the findings of Re-energize Lebanon and the dynamics of the solar energy sector in the country, the American University of Beirut Nature Conservation Center and Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International A¬airs (IFI) joined efforts in the 2023 roundtable discussions and brought together a panel of experts from various fields to unveil the environmental and policy implications of the solar energy boom in Lebanon and its potential future pathways. The panel discussion shed light on the growing solar energy sector in Lebanon, its current status, regulatory framework, and sectoral implications, with interventions from actors representing governmental entities, the private sector, UN agencies, international financing institutions, and law firms. |
| dc.language.iso | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Nature Conservation Center |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Roundtable;2 |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Solar energy--Lebanon |
| dc.subject.mesh | Renewable energy sources--Lebanon |
| dc.title | The Environmental and Policy Implications of Solar Energy: The Light Amidst Lebanon's Crisis? |
| dc.title.alternative | Roundtable 2023 |
| dc.type | Policy |
| dc.contributor.department | Nature Conservation Center |
