This report provides a comprehensive assessment of climate change and its impacts on agriculture1 in the Eastern (Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine) and Western (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) countries of the Southern Mediterranean, as well as the policy measures currently in place, as identified from publicly available data. The sector, on average, currently representsRead more
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9-11 April 2019, Barcelona. The UfM Climate Week will be the occasion to gather a wide range of actors (UfM members’ representatives, civil society, IFIs, scientific experts…) around different topics, all related to climate action in the Mediterranean region. By organising this event, the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean provides a discussion and networkingRead more
Brussels, 9 April 2019. The Task Force will take place back-to-back with the Closing Conference of the Sustainable Water Integrated Management and Horizon 2020 Support Mechanism (SWIM-H2020 SM) Project, on the 8 April 2019 in Brussels. For more information, please contact: water@ufmsecretariat.orgRead more
Beirut, Lebanon, 8 April 2019. The UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel, has paid his first visit to the Republic of Lebanon, in the framework of his outreach to the member states. He was received by the Prime Minister, Saad Hariri. During their meeting, Secretary General Kamel highlighted the central role of Lebanon in Euro-Mediterranean relations andRead more
CLIMA-MED: Acting for Climate in South Mediterranean Energy & Climate Action Ongoing Context and objectives Promoted and fully financed by the European Union, CLIMA-MED seeks to enhance energy security and the adaptive capacity of partner countries while encouraging their transition to low-carbon and climate-resilient economies. Identified as a climate change hotspot region, the numerous effects ofRead more
If nothing is changed by 2050, water-related issues with an impact on agriculture, health, and incomes could lower the GDP of the Middle East and North Africa region by 6-14%[1]. 3 out of 4 jobs worldwide are water-dependent [2], yet 50 million jobs should be created in the next decade to absorb the growing labour supplyRead more
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29-30 January 2019, Barcelona. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean hosted this past 29 and 30 January the annual meeting of the UfM Energy Platforms in Barcelona, Spain. The UfM Energy Platforms are the only existing dialogue forum gathering all Euro-Mediterranean countries as well as the key stakeholders dealing with electricity markets, renewableRead more
29-30 January 2019, Barcelona. The Annual meeting of the UfM Energy Platforms will take place in Barcelona on 29-30 January 2019. During these two days, the three UfM Energy Platforms (UfM Regional Electricity Markets Platform, UfM Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Platform, and UfM Gas Platform) will share the implementation status of their respective 2018 Work ProgramRead more
The Union for the Mediterranean’s Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Climate Change was adopted in Athens on 13 May 2014, where UfM Member States call for greater assistance and international cooperation with regards to finance, technology transfer and capacity building. In response, the UfM created the Regional Finance Cooperation Committee for Climate Action and inRead more
