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Seminar on “Dealing with Climate Change” (05/10/2010)

With the collaboration of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), and in cooperation with UNESCO/ Section for Disaster Reduction and Renewable Energy, the Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO organized a seminar on “Education on Climate Change”. The seminar aimed at raising awareness regarding the repercussions of climate change which represent a global challenge to all societies and which require the mobilization of all resources and efforts at the local, regional and international levels. A large group of experts and researchers in the domain of education, environment and climate change, including the Minister of Education, the President of the parliamentary commission for culture and education, the Director of the section for Disaster Reduction and Renewable Energy, and the Director General of the Ministry of Environment, discussed the challenges of global climate change and the need to raise awareness as to how to deal with it, particularly through the educational sector and with the help of policy makers, civil society leaders and actors. Most interventions underscored the urgency to cope with the repercussions of climate change, and to take proactive and preventive measures conducive to limit environmental disasters.