"Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions"

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs held the a lecture on Research and Policy Forum on Climate Change and Environment in the Arab world in collaboration with the Danish Embassy in Lebanon International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) IndyACT entitled "Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions: climate change and the risk of violent conflict in the Middle East" by Jan Top Christensen Danish Ambassador to Beirut, Dr. Mutasem El Fadel AUB, Farah Salka IndyACT and Oli Brown Author of IISD report.
In a region already considered the world's most water scarce and where, in many places, demand for water already outstrips supply, climate models are predicting a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the Middle East. By redrawing maps of water available, food security, disease prevalence, population distribution and coastal boundaries, climate change may hold serious implications for regional security.

Drawn from a series of consultations and workshops throughout the region, augmented by desk research, the report argues three things. First, the legacy of conflict in the countries of the Levant undermines the ability of countries and communities in the region to adapt to climate change. Second, climate change itself does pose some very real security concerns. And third, there are ways to pursue peace and sustainable development despite a changing climate.

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