With a global move underway to green the transport sector—in particular, to reduce the impact of privately-owned vehicles—analysts predict that the end of the age of the internal combustion engine…
Vahakn Kabakian
Vahakn Kabakian
Climate change professional, with experience in public, international organization and academic sectors. Strong background in climate change strategy development and execution (particularly policy strategy), and project management. Advisory role with several ministers of environment and Lebanese government departments at large. Specialties: climate change and energy and policy; international climate negotiations; national climate finance structures, de-risking of climate investments; climate change mitigation, nationally appropriate mitigation actions, Nationally Determined Contributions and low emission development strategies; measuring, reporting, and verifying (MRV) structures; national greenhouse gas inventory system design; climate and sustainability.
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Lebanon’s commitment to combating or mitigating climate change culminated in December 2015 when Lebanon became a signatory to the Paris Agreement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). Lebanon…
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Lebanon’s energy sector is characterized by a significant supply-demand imbalance, continuing growth in demand (5 percent per year), high generation costs (partly due to aging infrastructure), and a lack of…
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Back in 2015, the world agreed to a new climate regime, dubbed the Paris Agreement. A new order was set, where both rich and less fortunate countries jointly engaged in…
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The historic Paris Agreement The international agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions that came into place a year ago in Paris was a fruitful outcome of more than two decades…