Energy Business Forum BCD Platform Hub 3: Management of Water Resources Practical info Register Media The UfM Energy and Climate Business Forum is a milestone in the promotion of the private sector role towards local authorities’ efforts in the energy transition as well as in their climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. Mediterranean countries face todayRead more
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4th meeting of the UfM Working Group on Environment and Climate Change 24 May 2023, Barcelona. The 4th meeting of the UfM Working Group on Environment and Climate Change took place in Sitges, Barcelona, on 24 May 2023. Member countries of the UfM Working Group on Environment and Climate Change, as well as different keyRead more
By Nasser Kamel, UfM Secretary General.
“For the first time in the history of climate negotiations, there will be a Mediterranean voice at the table. A diverse coalition will come together for the inaugural Mediterranean Pavilion at COP27: North and South, public and private, business and academia, women and men. We have come together to defuse the greatest ever existential threat to the sea and region that cradled so much history, knowledge and civilisation. The inaugural Mediterranean Pavilion will serve not just to highlight the urgency of the climate crisis and the need to accelerate the sustainable transition but also to shine a light on the innovative solutions and policies that have come out of this often-overlooked region.”
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4-5 May 2023, Barcelona. Following the mandate given to the UfM Secretariat by the 2nd UfM Ministerial Conference on Environment and Climate action under the Co-Presidency of Jordan and the European Union (Cairo, 4 October 2021), to support the implementation of the objectives of this Declaration, the 9th Meeting of the UfM Climate Change Expert Group (UfMRead more
27 February – 3 March, Geneva. In the framework of the observer status of the Union for the Mediterranean to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Memorandum of Understanding signed between both institutions in December 2018, the Senior Deputy Secretary General Grammenos Mastrojeni will follow the discussion of the seventy-sixth session of the WMORead more
6-20 November 2022, Sharm El-Sheik. For the first time in the Conference of the Parties’ (COP) history, the 27th edition hosted a Mediterranean Pavilion. The initiative was conceived by the UfM to highlight both the urgent challenges the Mediterranean is currently facing, and the innovative solutions already being developed, raising awareness of a region overlooked in the climate negotiations. Located in the COP27Read more
7-18 November 2022. The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UNFCCC will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. COP 27 was originally expected to take place from 8-20 November 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, COP 26 was rescheduled from November 2020 to November 2021. As a result, COP 27 will takeRead more
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt – 6 to 18 November 2022 – For the first time in COP’s history, the 27th edition will host a Mediterranean Pavilion. The initiative is conceived to highlight both the urgent challenges the region is currently facing, and the innovative solutions already being developed throughout the Mediterranean, raising awareness on a region overlookedRead more
