This discussion is the sixth and final of AUB-NCC’s 2023 series of roundtables, titled “Navigating Climate Change and Environmental Activism in the MENA Region: Challenges and Opportunities”. The closing forum was organized by AUB-NCC and the World Bank on March 14th, 2024 at the OSB Maamari Auditorium in AUB.
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.
Panel: Ms. Anna Fleischer, Director of the Beirut Office at Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung ; Dr Nasser Yassin, Lebanon’s Minister of the Environment ; Dr Jean Christophe Carret, World Bank Country Director for Middle East ; Mr. Ziad Abdel Samad, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Arab NGO Network for Development ; Dr. Alain Daou, Director of AUB-NCC and Founding Dean of the Faculty of Business at AUB Mediterraneo ; Dr. Joanna Doummar, Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Earth Sciences at AUB ; Dr. George Mitri, Professor of Environmental Sciences and Director of the Land and Natural Resources Program at the Institute of the Environment, University of Balamand, Lebanon ; Dr Ali Ahmad, Climate Change Specialist at the World Bank ; Ms. Lamia Moubayed, President at Institute of Finance Basil Fuleihan / Vice-chair at the UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration.