The objective of this Policy Brief is to make the case for the creation of a Mediterranean Sustainable Finance Observatory to support green and sustainable business via a set of recommendations. The whole Mediterranean is facing systemic risks due to environmental pressures and climate change and the resulting risk of social instability. Coordinated action isRead more
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Marine litter — and marine plastic pollution in particular — is a major threat due to its significant environmental, economic, social, political and cul-tural implications. Marine litter negatively impacts coastal and marine ecosystems and the ser-vices they provide, ultimately affecting people’s livelihoods and well-being. Marine plastic pol-lution is not just an oceans’ pollution issue. ItRead more
14-15 March 2022-The third meeting of the Working Group on Environment and Climate Action will take place on-line on the 14th and 15th March with the aim to advance on the implementation of the 2021 UfM Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Climate Action adopted on 4th October 2021 in Cairo, and to join forces on major actionsRead more
Restoring Mediterranean wetlands: the urgent and essential Nature-based Solution to the region’s most pressing challenges. Wetlands cover some 18.5 million ha in the Mediterranean region, between 1.7 to 2.4% of the total area of the 27 Mediterranean countries and 1 to 2% of the globe’s total wetland area. All three categories in the Ramsar wetlandRead more
Restoring Mediterranean wetlands: the urgent and essential Nature-based Solution to the region’s most pressing challenges. Wetlands cover some 18.5 million ha in the Mediterranean region, between 1.7 to 2.4% of the total area of the 27 Mediterranean countries and 1 to 2% of the globe’s total wetland area. All three categories in the Ramsar wetlandRead more
Development dynamics and trends in the Mediterranean, as in the rest of the world, have suffered a severe slowdown since 2020. In many cases, they have taken the form of a sharp reversal following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social and economic crisis that has ensued. The pandemic crisis has weakened economicRead more
17 February 2022. The Third Meeting of the UfM Regional Platform on Sustainable Urban Development will be convened in online format on 17 February 2022. The UfM Regional Platform on Sustainable Urban Development brings together UfM government representatives, key regional and international partner organisations and international financial institutions, as well as the key experts andRead more
17 February 2022 – The UfM Regional Platform on Sustainable Urban Development convened its third meeting on 17 February 2022 in online format. The meeting contributed to the implementation of the UfM Urban Agenda and resumed the process of laying the groundwork at technical level for the next UfM Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development.Read more
The UfM Strategic Urban Development Action Plan 2040 (henceforth the Action Plan) is an inter-governmental initiative that complements and acts on the UfM Urban Agenda adopted by the Ministers in charge of housing, municipal affairs, and urban development of UfM Member States at the Second UfM Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development, held in Cairo on 22 May 2017. ItRead more
The UfM Strategic Urban Development Action Plan 2040 (henceforth the Action Plan) is an inter-governmental initiative that complements and acts on the UfM Urban Agenda adopted by the Ministers in charge of housing, municipal affairs, and urban development of UfM Member States at the Second UfM Ministerial Conference on Sustainable Urban Development, held in Cairo on 22 May 2017. ItRead more
