In response to the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Climate Change adopted in Athens on 13 May 2014, in which the UfM Member States call for an increased role of the UfM with regard to finance, technology transfer and capacity building in the context of international cooperation, the UfM hasإقرأ المزيد
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9-11 April 2019, Barcelona. The UfM Climate Week has taken place in Barcelona gathering a wide range of actors (UfM members’ representatives, civil society, IFIs, scientific experts…). During last week, several climate-related meetings were organised at the premises of the UfM Secretariat to discuss the impacts of climate change on agriculture, the state of climate financeإقرأ المزيد
8 April 2019, Algiers. The UfM, represented by the Senior Deputy Secretary General for Energy, Jorge Borrego, and Senior Expert Fawzi Dib, participated in Algiers in the first thematic forum leading to the Summit of the Two Shores (S2R) to be held in Marseille next June, as convened by the French President Emmanuel Macron lastإقرأ المزيد
This report provides a comprehensive assessment of climate change and its impacts on agriculture1 in the Eastern (Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine) and Western (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) countries of the Southern Mediterranean, as well as the policy measures currently in place, as identified from publicly available data. The sector, on average, currently representsإقرأ المزيد
9-11 April 2019, Barcelona. The UfM Climate Week will be the occasion to gather a wide range of actors (UfM members’ representatives, civil society, IFIs, scientific experts…) around different topics, all related to climate action in the Mediterranean region. By organising this event, the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean provides a discussion and networkingإقرأ المزيد
Brussels, 9 April 2019. The Task Force will take place back-to-back with the Closing Conference of the Sustainable Water Integrated Management and Horizon 2020 Support Mechanism (SWIM-H2020 SM) Project, on the 8 April 2019 in Brussels. For more information, please contact: water@ufmsecretariat.orgإقرأ المزيد
Beirut, Lebanon, 8 April 2019. The UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, has paid his first visit to the Republic of Lebanon, in the framework of his outreach to the member states. He was received by the Prime Minister, Saad Hariri. During their meeting, Secretary General Kamel highlighted the central role of Lebanon in Euro-Mediterranean relations andإقرأ المزيد
كليما-ميد (Clima-Med): العمل من أجل المناخ في جنوب البحر المتوسط الطاقة والمناخ قائم السياق والأهداف يسعى مشروع كليما ميد، الذي يدعمه ويموله الاتحاد الأوروبي بشكل كامل، إلى تعزيز أمن الطاقة والقدرة على التكيف لدى البلدان الشريكة، مع تشجيع انتقالها إلى اقتصادات منخفضة الكربون ومقاومة للمناخ. تتمثل الآثار العديدة لتغير المناخ في منطقة البحر المتوسط -والتيإقرأ المزيد
لدى منطقة البحر المتوسط أكثر من 25 مليون هكتار من الغابات وحوالي 50 مليون هكتار من الأراضي الحراجية. تغطي مناطق الغابات المحمية 9 ملايين هكتار، أي ما يمثل 4.3% من إجمالي مساحة الإقليم. وفي هذا الصدد، سيطلق الاتحاد من أجل المتوسط (UfM) ومنظمة الأغذية والزراعة (FAO) التابعة للأمم المتحدة (UN) مشروعًا لاستعادة التنوع البيولوجيإقرأ المزيد
