# إهزم تلوث الهواء كل عام ، تحدث حوالي 7 ملايين حالة وفاة بسبب تلوث الهواء في الهواء الطلق أو داخل المنازل والمباني، منها مليون حالة وفاة في المناطق الأوروبية من البحر المتوسط والمناطق الشرقية منه.[1] في الوقت نفسه، توفر منطقة البحر الأبيض المتوسط إمكانات هائلة لتحقيق تنمية مستدامة وصديقة للبيئة، وتنخرط الجهات الفاعلة المختلفةإقرأ المزيد
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One year after the International Donor Conference, additional international funding has been obtained for the project. The first tenders have been launched and the first construction works are due to start in August. The desalination plant is expected to supply drinking water to 2 million Palestinian inhabitants in Gaza, where over 97% of the waterإقرأ 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
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
3-14 December 2018, Katowice, Poland. The Union for the Mediterranean is an observer to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and participates at UNFCCC meetings with the objective of bringing the Mediterranean Climate Agenda to international fora. The Mediterranean region has been identified as one of the main climate change hotspots in the worldإقرأ المزيد
26 November 2018, Sharm El Sheikh. The COP CBD Side Event with EU funded PANACEA will take place in Sharm El Sheikh on 26 November 2018. For more information please contact: water@ufmsecretariat.orgإقرأ المزيد
6 October 2018, Mazara del Vallo, Italy. The Blue Sea Land Festival will take place in Mazara del Vallo on 6 October 2018. For more information please contact: water@ufmsecretariat.orgإقرأ المزيد
19-21 September 2018, Brussels. The Task Force on Water Finance and Water-Food-Energy nexus meeting will take place in Brussels on 19-21 September 2018. For more information please contact: water@ufmsecretariat.orgإقرأ المزيد
Hosted by the OECD, the UfM organised the second Task Force meeting on Financial Strategy on water issues for enhancing investment and sustainable development in the Mediterranean Paris, 9 July 2018. The Mediterranean region is one of the most water-scarce areas in the world with more than more than 180 million people being considered waterإقرأ المزيد
