Future Earth Workshop for Middle East and North Africa
The Future Earth workshop for the MENA region brought together about 30 scientists working on global environmental change and other stakeholders to explore pathways for developing and implementing Future Earth in the region. This workshop is seen as an initial step to build the Future Earth community in the region as well as to establish collaboration with regional and local stakeholders.
- Background documents
- Future Earth report
- Workshop agenda (draft)
- List of participants (draft)
- Logistical information
- Break-out sessions
- Presentations
Day 1
2. Introduction to Future Earth
3. Examples of research on global sustainability in the MENA region
- Water and Risk management in Tunisia
- Overview of Research Activities of Arabian Gulf University
- Gender and Desertification: Case Study in Matrouh Governorate
- Cross disciplinary research for the development of a-forestation strategies
- Forage Crop Improvement for Food Security in Egypt
- Marine Biodiversity in Syria
- Master Plan of Desalination: Challenges and Opportunities
- Overview of Research Activities of Gulf Research Center
- Sustainable management of marginal drylands in North Africa and Asia
- Water in the MENA region – a major issue
- Heavy metals in the environment
- Haze problem
4. Break-out group session 1: building a regional vision for Future Earth
Day 2
1. Sida perspective on key directions for sustainability research
4. Break-out group session 2: How could Future Earth be implemented in the MENA region?
Day 3
1. Atmospheric and climate research in Cyprus
2. Climate change and its consequences for Energy and Water Security in the Eastern Mediterranean
Contact information |
Anna Sakkalli
(email: sakkalli@cyi.ac.cy) Phone: 22208753 |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.icsu.org/future-earth/events/future-earth-workshop-for-the-mena-region |
File link local | Future Earth_MENA_list of participatns_final.pdf (PDF, 281 Kb) |
Source of information | ICSU |
Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
Relation | http://www.emwis.org/thematicdirs/events/2013/06/round-table-discussion-climate-change-impact-environment-and-mitigation-actions |
Geographical coverage | Cyprus, |
News date | 23/06/2013 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |