Lebanon Emits 0.07% of World”s Greenhouse Gases, Rahhal
Environment Minister Mohammed Rahhal said Friday that Lebanon emits 0.07 percent of world”s greenhouse gases.
His remarks to Voice of Lebanon radio station came ahead of next week”s Copenhagen environment summit.
A 2009 report by Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) has warned that global warming will have a severe impact on Arab states where water is already scarce.
Some of the most feared effects include depletion of agricultural land, spread of disease and endangerment of many plant and animal species, said the report, released in Beirut.
It said sea level rise will mostly threaten Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Tunisia, affecting "one to three percent of land in these countries."
The global conference in Copenhagen hopes to cut a deal to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which required 37 industrial countries to cut heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions.
Rahhal cited a World Bank study as saying that environment degradation costs Lebanon $ 565 million annually.