@article {412, title = {Assessing climate change impacts and adaptation on marine ecosystems}, year = {2007}, note = {

Project document

}, abstract = {

The goals of this work are:- An assessment of the vulnerabilities of Lebanese marine ecosystems to the impacts of climate change mainly to sea-level rise and water temperature increasing.- An evaluation of options to adapt of these potential impacts.- Develop data and information that can be used at the national, regional and global level by decision makers or scientific community.- This is also a part of an International assessment meeting government{\textquoteright}s obligations under article 3 of the UNFCC to reduce vulnerability to climate change.- Species composition changes- Community structure changes- Assessment of the implications of accelerated sea level rise in order to anticipate the need for action. Identification of the types of problems that that Lebanon has to face- How to adapt to these incremental future changes.- Provide a base for a more global assessment of the vulnerability of coastal regions .

}, keywords = {adaptation, changement climatique, climate, climate change, eastern Mediterranean, ecosystem, {\'e}cosyst{\`e}me, impact, Lebanon, Liban, Mediterranean sea, M{\'e}diterran{\'e}e orientale, Mer M{\'e}diterran{\'e}e, sea level rise, temperature, vuln{\'e}rabilit{\'e}, vulnerability}, author = {Ministry of environment Lebanon} }