6 April 2022 – This multi-episode documentary, Mediterranean, Odyssey for Life, directed by Frédéric Fougea and narrated by Camélia Jordana and Guillaume Néry, will show the beauty of our shared sea through breathtaking footage and give a message of hope. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) has been working on environmental and climate issues for manyRead more
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26 January 2022. The UfM warmly congratulates the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), as it celebrates the 30th Anniversary of its founding in 1992. The UfM maintains close relations with the BSEC, with whom it signed a Memorandum of Understanding in June 2015. Given the respective missions and areas of cooperation, as well asRead more
The Council of Europe will award the contributions made by a network of more than 190 environmental scientists from 25 countries to the first-ever scientific report on the Climate and Environmental risks in the Mediterranean region. Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will give the award to the MedECC coordinators next 9th of December at 12h00 (13h00 CET) in a ceremony held in Lisbon at the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic. The Ceremony will beRead more
4 of November 2021 – 9:30h – 12:00 (CET). Green and circular economy practices workshops The Union for the Mediterranean and the Interreg MED Green Growth Community have the pleasure to invite you to participate in the above webinar. We will hear from inspiring keynote speakers that will provide the context and background and futureRead more
2 November 2021, Glasgow. The Union for the Mediterranean and Cyprus, together with Clima-Med and the Network of Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (Medecc) will organise the COP26 joint side event “Climate Action in the Mediterranean” that will take place at the EU Pavilion in Glasgow in a hybrid format, on the 2Read more
UfM and ECMWF join forces to fight climate change through data-driven solutions in the Mediterranean
Caption: Carlo Buontempo, Director of Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and Grammenos Mastrojeni, UfM Deputy Secretary General The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) signed a partnership agreement in Barcelona, to support all UfM countries to access the critical data they need to tackle Mediterranean climate change challenges. 25 OctoberRead more
25-26 October, Online. The Union for the Mediterranean and Copernicus will host a virtual workshop to identify climate data needs in the Mediterranean Basin on the 25th and 26th October. A plenary session including presentations and Q&A focused on climate change impacts and solutions brought by climate data will take place on October 25th. TheRead more
Cairo, 4 October 2021. The Ministerial Conference was chaired by Frans Timmermans, European Commission Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, on behalf of the EU, and Nabil Masarweh, Minister of Environment, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, hosted by the Arab Republic of Egypt, represented by Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment and in the presence of the Secretary General of the UfM Secretariat,Read more
Ministers from the 42 Member countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) gathered today in Cairo at the 2nd UfM Ministerial Conference on Environment and Climate action under the Co-Presidency of Jordan and the European Union. They agreed on a common agenda to strengthen efforts in the Euro-Mediterranean region to urgently tackle the multipleRead more
