Lebanon's PM Puts a Price on War Damage: $512M in Environmental Losses
Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told the COP31 summit in Antalya, Turkey, that Israeli attacks caused more than $512 million in environmental damage across 2023 and 2024, with more losses logged in 2026. He said rebuilding has to cover forests, farmland and ecosystems, not just houses and roads.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam used his turn at the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey, on Thursday to put a number on the wreckage: environmental damage from Israeli attacks topped $512 million across 2023 and 2024. Losses kept piling up in 2026 as well, he said.
Salam argued the environmental toll can't be separated from the country's broader battering — successive wars layered on top of years of economic turmoil. That combination, he said, has left infrastructure, agricultural land, forests and ecosystems damaged.
The fallout won't fade quickly. Salam warned that local communities and their livelihoods will feel the consequences for years, and pushed for reconstruction to reach further than housing and roads, extending into ecological rehabilitation and agricultural recovery.
TopicsNawaf Salam · Lebanon · Israel · COP31 · Antalya · Turkey
Source: breakingthenews.net
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