Topic
Topic
Israel
Summary
How can environmental cooperation lead to peace-building? This lesson examines some of the major environmental challenges in the Middle East and ways that Israelis, Jordanians, and Palestinians, are cooperating to meet these challenges.
This lesson addresses the following essential questions:
- What are some of the biggest environmental challenges that countries in the Middle East face today?
- Can transboundary cooperation on environmental issues help to reduce regional conflict?
- What types of collaborative efforts effectively address environmental challenges?
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