15 April 2021. The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)today received a visit from Karim Amellal, Ambassador, interministerial delegate of the French Republic to the Mediterranean. On the occasion of his first visit to the seat of the Secretariat of the UfM in Barcelona, Amellal was able to talk with teams andRead more
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19th March 2021 – The Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Nasser Kamel, and the President of Plan Bleu, Thierry Lavoux, virtually met today to officialize the signature of the 2nd phase of their Cooperation Agreement towards a sustainable development in the Mediterranean basin. As part of the agreement, both parties will jointlyRead more
Maria Snoussi is a coastal geoscientist. In that regard, she knows her native Mediterranean coasts like the back of her hand, especially those of her country. During her student life and later while working, she travelled the region and the rest of the world to learn more about the functioning of coastal environments and theirRead more
Calls for applications: 3rd edition of the Mediterranean Climate Change Adaptation Trophies Following the 5th anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement, ADEME, the French Agency for Ecological Transition, in partnership with the Union for the Mediterranean and Plan Bleu, is announcing the launch of the 3rd edition of the Mediterranean Climate Change Adaptation Awards. Adapting toRead more
The UfM seeks to mobilize its member states, partners and public and private sector in support of the Action Plan for an Exemplary Mediterranean 2030 to achieve the protection target of 30% of the planet’s surface areas. 11 January 2021, Paris. The fourth One Planet Summit brought together Heads of State and Government and decision-makers to speed up internationalRead more
Read the stories of three local champions in the fight against climate change, in the framework of the UfM-supported project Clima-Med. 31 July 2020. Born and raised in Beirut, Marwan Kaiss is the Mayor of the Batloun Municipality in the Chouf area, 45km inland from Lebanon’s bustling capital city. Passionate about preparing Lebanon for the future,Read more
• The UfM Secretary General and Spanish Vice-President and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge meet to reinforce cooperation for sustainability in the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Barcelona Process, taking place this year. • During the meeting, they underlined the urgent need to address the impact of climate change in the Mediterranean, where the temperature is already warming up 20% faster than theRead more
5 November 2020. In the framework of the 25 year anniversary of Barcelona Process, the Senior Officials of the UfM Member States met to endorse two new projects and to discuss preparations of the 5th UfM Regional Forum, which will be held at the end of the month. The meeting took place virtually and provided the occasion to join forces with the World Health Organisation to improve countries capacities in preventing and responding to violence against womenRead more
22 September 2020. The Mediterranean basin is one of the world’s regions most impacted by climate change. The Mediterranean region is warming 20% faster than the global average, according to the first-ever scientific report on the impact of climate change in the Mediterranean: Risks associated to climate and environmental changes in the Mediterranean region (carried out by theRead more
