Climate data training for the Mediterranean

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 16-17 December 2025.

The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) have established a Memorandum of Understanding in 2021, fostering collaboration in various areas, including training and capacity building with the aim to stimulate the uptake of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) products and services in the Mediterranean region.

The purpose of the training is to develop skills amongst stakeholders such as technical and decision-making staff in ministries, and the research community in the Mediterranean region (particularly the Southern Mediterranean region) to harness the potential of C3S and CAMS data, tools and services, for societal benefit across relevant sectors.

To assess specific needs, a survey on training and capacity building requirements was circulated among UfM Member States Focal Points. Based on the insights gathered, a two-day training event is proposed for December 2025. The training will leverage and provide a platform for other activities carried out in the context of the ECMWF-UfM partnership. This includes the recently launched Demonstrator cases to support renewable energy transition across the Mediterranean, but also the demo Apps previously developed for which Alexandria is a case study, namely on the Risk to World Heritage Sites across the Mediterranean from rising sea levels and international advances such as the launch of the UNESCO report on “Climate Change in Mediterranean World Heritage Cities (UNESCO, 2025).