RSS organises ‘Political Dialogue for Climate’ conference

AMMAN — Energy, water and environment experts discussed challenges facing Lebanese municipalities in natural resource and waste management in an endeavour to push forward the country's economic growth. This came during the Lebanon-based "Political Dialogue for Climate" conference, organised by the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) as part of MINARET (the MENA Region Initiative as a Model of NEXUS Approach and Renewable Energy Technologies).

It is intended to build the municipality’s resilience to climate change by adopting renewable energy resources and energy efficiency, water management techniques and food security in Jordan, Tunisia and Lebanon.

According to an RSS statement on Wednesday, the event featured the MINARET project objectives and the challenges facing the municipalities in combating climate change, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The MINARET's phase II, supported by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and in collaboration with the UN, aims to develop action plans for sustainable energy and climate, using the synergies between renewable energy technology and efficiency, water management, and food security.