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
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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
29-30 March 2023, Barcelona – The UfM took part in Barcelona REACT 2023 Economic Reactivation Days, organized by the Barcelona City Council since 2021. REACT is the meeting point for Barcelona’s economic sectors, bringing together experts, and local, national and international leaders, to reflect on the next decade’s economic outlook and on key ongoing projectsRead more
23 March 2023, New York. In the framework of the upcoming UN 2023 Water Conference and as part of the official programme of the conference, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and partners will be hosting a side-event, the ‘Water Finance in the Mediterranean: Accelerating the implementation of SDG 6 by enhancing the financial sustainabilityRead more
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is joining partner International Organizations and several of its Member States at the UN 2023 Water Conference to alert on the water crisis the Mediterranean region faces, and the need for better water finance and financial sustainability of water management. To build the capacity of youth whilst tackling theRead more
𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃: 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝐧𝐝, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. OMC – Med Energy Conference, in cooperation with the Union for Mediterranean (UfM) and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), has recently launched the second edition of the “Call for Ideas – Mediterranean Region”, an opportunity for new generations of researchers and young professionals to emerge, offering them the possibilityRead more
12-16 March 2023, Amman. INWRDAM will be holding an International Symposium on the “WEFE Nexus as a Catalyst for water policy making in the Levant and Africa”, to which the Water, Environment and Blue Economy Deputy Secretary General has been invited 12 and 16 March 2023 in Amman. On December 30th, 2022, the Union for the MediterraneanRead more
8 March 2023. To celebrate the International Women’s Day, the UfM seeks to recognise the paramount role of women in the water sector, and highlight the need to ensure that the women’s role is at the heart of the UfM priorities and in promoting initiatives supporting women in the Mediterranean region and beyond. Gender equalityRead more
7 March 2023, Barcelona – UfM hosted on 7 March 2023 the webinar on the “Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF): Outcomes, follow up and way forward”, as a follow-up on the COP15 Biodiversity, which took place in December 2022 in Montreal as shared international roadmap to tackle the ecological crisis and towards a more nature-positiveRead 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
