• The Mediterranean is one of the most vulnerable regions to the adverse effects of climate change. • In the run-up to the COP 21 in Paris, the UfM Informal High-Level Conference on Climate Change in Skhirat, Morocco contributes to fostering regional dialogue and cooperation to support Mediterranean countries’ ongoing efforts to achieve climate change goals…. read more
December, 2014. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) has collaborated with RES4MED (Renewable Energy Solutions for the Mediterranean) and Enel Foundation in the first edition of the Advanced Training Course “Integration of Renewable Energy Solutions in the Mediterranean electricity markets” that was successfully concluded in November. RES4MED and Enel Foundation have organized this course during two weeks in November 2014, also in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano. The training programme was addressed to a selected group of candidates from Energy Regulatory Authorities, Ministries and Energy Companies of Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, Ph.D. and researchers as well… read more
The Union for the Mediterranean presented its strategy for establishing a reinforced regional climate change cooperation framework in the Mediterranean region…. read more
• MedReg is the Mediterranean’s only organisation of independent public authorities that is committed to creating a common regulatory framework for electricity and gas, to the benefit of consumers in 21 countries. • MedReg’s Barcelona Forum offers concrete and practical proposals for better energy regulation in the Mediterranean in order to promote enhanced infrastructure investment…. read more
Economic Development and Employment Energy & Climate Action Transport & Urban Development Water Environment & Blue Economy
During the three-day conference, Claudio Cortese, Senior Deputy Secretary General for Business Development; Teresa Ribeiro, Deputy Secretary General for Energy; Naser Tahboub, Deputy Secretary General for Environment and Water; and Salvatore D’Alfonso, UfM Transport and Urban Development project manager, discussed renewable energies, eco-efficiency, green finances, entrepreneurship, education, free zones and the integration of the Maghreb region… read more
Mobilising Action Against Climate Change: UfM Secretariat attends United Nations Climate Summit 2014
• The UfM Secretariat participated in the UN Climate Summit 2014, organised by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. • The Summit brought together world leaders from governments, finance, business and civil society, to champion an ambitious vision and catalyse action against climate change…. read more
Barcelona, 12 June, 2014. Today the UfM Secretariat hosted a meeting of the Committee on Energy, Environment and Water of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM) at its Barcelona headquarters. The meeting gathered parliamentarians representing various member states of the Union for the Mediterranean. Discussions focused on the developments of important UfM activities and projects in the fields of Energy and Climate change. The committee paid special attention to the Marine Protected Areas (MedPAN), “Let’s Do It” and “Eco-towns” campaigns, as top items on the meeting’s agenda. The meeting provided an opportunity for a fruitful exchange… read more
The Energy Division of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfMS) will organise the first Extended Technical Committee meeting on Tuesday 29 April in Barcelona…. read more
The development of a wind farm in Jordan, the creation of a Mediterranean water knowledge platform, a capacity building programme aimed at promoting civic education in schools and a programme aimed at stimulating green industries and entrepreneurship are the four new projects recently labelled by the UfM…. read more
“The promotion of renewable energies and of energy efficiency is vital insofar as this is a driving force and initiator of national industrial development and job creation in the Euro-Mediterranean region”. This was the key idea put forward by Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary-General of the Union for the Mediterranean, at the 13th FEMIP Conference focussing on energy efficiency. “The UfM Secretariat seeks to play its role by heightening regional efforts and promoting feasible projects in the field of energy efficiency. The positive support and commitment of governments, partners and all the parties involved will give a possitive message to the markets… read more
