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
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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.”
9 May 2023, Amman. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Sweden and the Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med) inaugurated integrated technical solutions for sustainable agriculture in Salt Governorate, in Jordan. These involve reuse of treated wastewater from Wadi Shuayb Wastewater Treatment Plant for irrigation, after its tertiary treatment through constructed wetlands, with pumping poweredRead more
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7-9 May 2023, Salt and Amman (Jordan). The inauguration of the project ‘Making Water Cooperation Happen in MENA: Piloting Tangibles’, aka MENA Water Matchmaker 2, specifically its technical pilot in Jordan, is taking place on 8 May 2023. The scheduled inauguration of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus technical intervention in Wadi Shuayb (Salt, Jordan) will proofRead more
MENA Water Matchmaker 2: Making Water Cooperation Happen in the Middle East and North Africa – Piloting Tangibles Water, Environment & Blue Economy Completed Labelled projects Context and objectives Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are influenced by distinctive geographical, ecological, geopolitical, and cultural factors. The region grapples with challenges such as water scarcity, demographic shifts,Read more
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
3-4 May 2023, Barcelona. The Annual meeting of the UfM Energy Platforms will take place in Barcelona on 3 and 4 May. During two days, UfM Member States’ representatives as well as regional energy sector stakeholders will analyse the state of play of the implementation of the UfM Roadmap for Action on Energy, which was preparedRead more
Each year, the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties – the famous COP – takes place, and each year, the popular hopes to avoid cataclysmic climate impacts on human societies grow dimmer. International negotiations can be frustrating due to the difficulty of reaching a consensus within the deep ocean of the world’s nations, whichRead more
The inauguration of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus technical intervention in Wadi Shuayb, in Salt, Jordan, of the MENA Water Matchmaker 2 Project will take place on the8 May 2023 in Wadi Shuayb, Salt-Jordan (10:00 am – 12:00 pm). The event will present the completed field works to a targeted audience, highlighting the added value ofRead more
