AMMAN — Energy, water, and environment experts discussed challenges facing Lebanese municipalities in natural resource and waste management in a bid to expedite economic growth in the country, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
The “
Policy Dialogue for Climate” was organized by the Royal Scientific Society (RSS), as
part of the Model of NEXUS Approach and Renewable Technologes (MINARET)
regional project on the Water, Energy, and Food Nexus.
The project aims to enable municipal governance to
achieve climate resilience through the Nexus approach, a concept that describes
the complex and interrelated nature of global resource systems.
A RSS statement on Wednesday said representatives
from Lebanese public institutions, municipalities, civil society organizations,
and ministries participated in the event, in addition to experts in energy,
water, and the environment, as well as agents from the UN Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia.
The conference introduced participants to the
MINARET project and the municipal challenges in combating climate change
through a review of local laws and an appreciation of the municipalities’ role
in development in terms of financial monitoring, administration, and resources
governance.
The second phase of the
MENA Region Initiative MINARET aims to address the MENA region’s unique sustainability challenges and
opportunities by increasing local and regional sustainability capacities
through synergies between renewable energy technology and efficiency, water
management, and food security.
It is funded by the German Agency for International
Cooperation and the EU
The four-year project kicked off in the first quarter of
2017 in Jordan, Tunisia, and Lebanon.
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