A Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Change will take place in Athens with the aim to discuss the environmental and climate-related challenges facing the region and define the future action plan.
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Over the course of an initial 5-year period, the project will contribute majorly to the depollution of the Lake of Bizerte, in northern Tunisia, and reduce indirect pollution impacting the Mediterranean Sea, through an integrated and concerted approach involving local stakeholders while investing in facilities to reduce liquid or solid waste and air emissions around the Lake.
The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) together with a wide range of partners will be actively engaged in contributing to the issues of depollution and sustainable development in the Mediterranean at the focal points meetings of the Programme for the Assessment and Control of Pollution of the Mediterranean (MEDPOL) and The RegionalLire la suite
A study to prevent, abate and combat pollution of the Mediterranean Sea will be conducted by the UfM Secretariat. The results and findings of the study will contribute to the comprehensive assessment of the current situation of depollution in the Mediterranean.
Barcelona – Start date: 22.02.2013 The launching workshop of the study for the “Update priority investment portfolio for protecting the Mediterranean Sea from pollution” will be held at the UfM premises in Barcelona on 22 February 2013. The workshop will bring together the coordinating partners, namely the European Commission, the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan, EuropeanLire la suite
Further working meetings will be held in the coming months between the UfM Secretariat and German ministries, governmental agencies, think tanks as well as the private sector.
The Tunisian Government is currently working on a new renewable energy strategy and announced a precise target to achieve: 30 % of renewable energy in the electricity mix by 2030.
This cooperation is enshrined in the overall approach of the Mediterranean Solar Plan, promoted by the UFM.
Two chapters of the Mediterranean Solar Plan (MSP) were discussed in the margins of the Sustainable Energy Week.
TUNIS (TAP) – Foreign Minister Rafik Abdessalem announced, on Thursday, that Tunisia is to host, next October or November, a conference on investment with the support of the Union For the Mediterranean (UFM).
