First National Workshop ( 1/08/02 )
 

Agenda

8:30 – 9:00                  Registration

9:00 – 9:30                  WELCOME, OPENING AND INTRODUCTION
                                      Climate Change Project Manager
                                      UNDP Resident Representative
                                      H.E Minister of Environment

9:30 – 9:50                  Coffee break

9:50 –10:00                 Climate Change Enabling Activity-Phase II: An Overview
                                       Ms Alia Kaskas, Focal Point

SESSION I: GHG INVENTORY (1994 vs. 1999)
Moderator: Dr. Walid Deghaili (EDL, Director of Studies)
(Objective: Background presentations on the estimation of GHG inventory from the various sectors in Lebanon, with a comparison between base years 1994 and 1999).

10:00 – 10:10              Energy Sector
                                       Dr. Riad Chedid, Associate professor, AUB

10:10 – 10:20              Transportation Sector
                                       Dr. Farid Chaaban, Associate professor, AUB

10:20 – 10:30              Industry Sector
                                       Dr. Nesreen Ghaddar, Associate professor, AUB

10:30 – 10:40              Waste Sector
                                       Dr. Mutasem El Fadel, Associate professor, AUB

10:40 – 10:50              Agriculture Sector
                                       Dr. Maher Kodeih, Lebanese University

10:50 – 11:00              Land Use Change
                                       Mr. Michel Khouzami, Forestry expert

11:00 – 11:15              Coffee break

SESSION II: CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY IN LEBANON, Moderator:  Mr. George Akl (LEDO, Project Manager)
(Objective: Background presentations on the impacts, vulnerability and mitigation of GHG in Lebanon).

11:15 – 11:25              Health Impacts of Climate Change
                                       Dr. Abbas El Zein, Associate professor, AUB

11:25 – 11:35              Lebanon’s Vulnerability to Climate Change
                                       Dr. Mohammad Khawlie, Director of National Center for Remote Sensing

11:35 – 11:45              GHG Transport Mechanisms: NOx Application
                                       Dr. Najat Saliba, Professor of Chemistry, AUB

11:45-11:55                 Mitigation in the Building sector
                                       Matilda Khoury, Project Manager, Energy standards for Buildings

11:55-12:05                 Mitigation in the Energy Sector
                                       Mr. Adnan Jouni, Project Manager, Energy center

12:05-12:15                Waste to Energy Project
                                      Sami Feghali, Solid Waste Sector Coordinator, CDR

12:15-12:25                Urban Transport Project
                                      Elie Helou, Project Manager, Urban Transport Project, CDR

WORKING GROUP SESSIONS
(Objective: Participants training- by- doing the estimation of the GHG inventory from the various sectors in Lebanon).

12:25 – 13:45             The participants will be divided into six parallel working groups

WRGP I: Energy
                WRGP II: Transport
                WRGP III: Industry                                             Coffee break 
                WRGP IV: Waste
                WRGP V: Agriculture
                WRGP VI: Forestry and Land Use Change

13:45 – 14:30              WRGP presentations

14:30 – 15:00              Wrap up and concluding remarks

15:00                             Lunch