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 theRead more
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9 July 2020. The First Ad-hoc Senior official’s Meeting on Environment and Climate Change will take place online on 9 July 2020.Read more
Monday, 15 June 2020. The 8th UfM Climate Change Expert Group meeting will take place online on 15 June 2020. The welcoming address will be delivered by the UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, and the introduction remarks by UfM Co-Presidency, represented by Jihad Alsawair, Director of Green Economy Unit, Ministry of Environment of Jordan andRead more
Cet événement a été reporté. L’atelier de printemps 2020 est un projet mené par Africa 21 et ses partenaires dont le but est de réunir des journalistes du Maghreb (Tunisie, Algérie, Maroc et Mauritanie) avec des experts locaux et des organismes internationaux, pour acquérir des savoirs, mieux comprendre les enjeux et échanger concernant les défisRead more
The plenary Session of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) gathered over 100 representatives of local and regional authorities at the UfM headquarters in Barcelona. The annual meeting of ARLEM centered its debates on action against Climate Change in the Mediterranean Barcelona, 23 January 2020. The 11th Plenary Session of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and LocalRead more
Barcelona, 18 December 2019. The Senior Officials of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) endorsed today the program ENI CBC Med, whose aim is to reinforce the impact of funded projects across the Mediterranean region through the creation of four thematic clusters of projects: environment and climate change, business and SMEs development, technological transfer andRead more
13 December, Madrid – The UfM and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) organized a side-event at the UN Conference COP25 focusing on identifying mitigation and adaptation actions in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries. The session also discussed how to achieve Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs’) implementation through supporting community-based mitigation, adaptation and cross-cutting actions. QuoteRead more
