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Barcelona, 14 March 2017. The Director-General for EU Neighbourhood and Enlargement at the European Commission, Christian Danielsson, visited the UfM Secretariat today. Danielsson and Sijilmassi opened the 1st UfM Working Group on Environment and Climate Change, held in Palau de Pedralbes, Barcelona. The 1st UfM Working Group on Environment and Climate Change is a follow-up toRead more

Barcelona, 14-15 March 2017. The First Meeting of the Working Group on Environment and Climate Change aims to review progress in the implementation up to date of the 2014 UfM Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Climate Change’s recommendations. The meeting will also provide suggestions for further action and follow up. The UfM Ministerial Meeting onRead more

Barcelona, 13 March 2017. Following the request of the UfM Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Climate Change of 2014, the UfM Secretariat supports the emergence of an initiative aiming at assessing the vulnerability of the region regarding climate change. This initiative, called MedECC, gathers around 200 scientists from all over the Mediterranean region and isRead more

More than 50 representatives of governments, international organisations and the scientific community will meet today, for the first time, at the UfM headquarters, to set the ground for the publication of the first ever assessment report on the impact of climate change in the Mediterranean region.

The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) today hosts the first General Assembly of the Mediterranean Youth Climate Network (MYCN) in Barcelona. The MYCN carries out actions to fight climate change in order to promote awareness, advocate solutions, share experiences and support local initiatives. Barcelona, 24 February 2017. The MYCN was founded atRead more

Brussels, Belgium, 20 December 2016. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS) is pleased to announce the Sixth Meeting of the Water Expert Group (WEG), scheduled to take place on 20 December 2016 in Brussels. The Meeting is of paramount importance as a step towards the UfM Ministerial Meeting on Water which is to beRead more

Nous vivons un moment important. Nous commençons ensemble à construire l’ère bas carbone. Il s’agit en effet d’une œuvre collective. États, collectivités, société civile, entreprises, organisations internationales et intergouvernementales, nous sommes tous mobilisés pour relever les défis qui nous attendent. La complexité du défi climatique impose de travailler au niveau global mais aussi de s’appuyerRead more

Tunis, Tunisia, 5-6 December 2016. The 2nd Regional Conference of the UfM labelled project Governance & Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector will be co-organised by the Union for the Mediterranean on 5-6 December in Tunis, Tunisia. Moreover, the UfM Workshop on the PRPI will be held in the same dates. About the project “Governance &Read more

Rome, 1 December 2016. The UfM Ministerial Meeting on Energy will be held in Rome on 1 December and will be hosted by Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda. The 43 members of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) agreed to step up regional cooperation on energy in orderRead more

Rome, 1 December 2016. Gathered today in Rome for a meeting hosted by Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Economic Development Minister Carlo Calenda, the ministers in charge of energy from the 43 members of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) agreed to step up regional cooperation on energy in order to deliver aRead more