13 December, Madrid – The UfM and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) organized a side-event at the UN Conference COP25 focusing on identifying mitigation and adaptation actions in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries. The session also discussed how to achieve Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs’) implementation through supporting community-based mitigation, adaptation and cross-cutting actions. Quoteإقرأ المزيد
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13 December, Madrid. The UfM region is performing well in attracting international public climate finance. Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries have attracted between 12% and 13% of the global international public climate finance commitments each year. However, despite this positive performance, the UfM region still has a margin of progress, as investments in adaptation areإقرأ المزيد
Cyprus lies at the meeting point of the Mediterranean, the Middle East and North Africa, areas where climate change is expected to take a heavy toll in the coming decades 12 December 2019, Madrid. The Mediterranean region is getting warmer and drier at a faster rate than the global average. In the margins of theإقرأ المزيد
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) held the 1st Annual Conference on Water Investment and Financing in the framework of the MED – Mediterranean Dialogues, held in Rome on 5-6 December. With current policies, 250 million people are projected to be considered water-poor by 2025. Through its regional Water Agenda, the UfM seeks to support itsإقرأ المزيد
Rome, 5 December 2019. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) would like to invite you to attend the first UfM Annual Conference on Water Investment and Financing, organised in the framework of the Mediterranean Dialogues (MED), on 5 December 2019 in Rome. The Conference isإقرأ المزيد
The Paris Agreement sets a long-term goal for global climate action and establishes a number of binding requirements for all Parties, setting the pace of the international climate agenda. These include the preparation and communication of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs); the periodic review of these and the associated measures; the development of long-term low-carbon developmentإقرأ المزيد
COP25 مناخ البحر المتوسط: اتخاذ إجراءات في مؤتمر مدريد،12-13 ديسمبر. حُدّدت منطقة البحر المتوسط باعتبارها واحدة من المناطق التي يشتد فيها التغير المناخي في العالم. أتاح المنتدى الإقليمي الرابع للاتحاد من أجل المتوسط الذي انعقد في شهر أكتوبر الفرصة لعرض النتائج غير المسبوقة التي توصل إليها التقرير العلمي الأول من نوعه لتقييم التغير المناخي والبيئيإقرأ المزيد
The Union for the Mediterranean hosted the annual coordination meeting of regional organisations on 13 November 2019, and called for increased synergies to tackle the pressing challenges faced in the Euro-Mediterranean region, notably the climate emergency which disproportionately affects the area. Barcelona, 13 November 2019. The Union for the Mediterranean is an active member ofإقرأ المزيد
The Union for the Mediterranean adopted a Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Climate Change in 2014, where UfM Member States call for greater assistance and international cooperation with regards to finance, technology transfer and capacity building. In response, the UfM created the Regional Finance Cooperation Committee for Climate Action and in parallel the UfM Climateإقرأ المزيد
وقّع الأمين العام للاتحاد من أجل المتوسط، ناصر كامل، والرئيس التنفيذي لمنظمة مناطق العمل من أجل المناخ “R20“، كريستوف نوتال، على اتفاقية شراكة لزيادة فرص تمويل أنشطة مكافحة التغير المناخي، لا سيما على مستوى السلطات الإقليمية والمحلية والمؤسسات الصغيرة ومتوسطة الحجم، وبمساعدة من التمويل الخاص المدعوم من التمويل العام. باريس، أكتوبر24 2019 . التقى اليوم فيإقرأ المزيد
