Clima-Med: Acting for Climate in South Mediterranean

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 of climate change in the Mediterranean– including increasing water scarcity, rising temperatures and growing rates of desertification – are felt across borders in the region. The increasing frequency of climate change impacts affects both socio-economic development and the geopolitical environment.

The overall objective of CLIMA-MED is to enhance energy security and adaptive capacity of partner countries while fostering their transition to low carbon and climate-resilient economies, thereby contributing to more stable, efficient, competitive and climate-resilient socio-economic contexts. The project objective is in-line and part of the “Energy security and Climate action in the Southern Neighbourhood 2017-2018” programme, which was adopted by the European Commission in 2017.

The project will be developed in coordination with other donors, bilateral EU programmes, as well as those being implemented directly at the national and local level. Creating synergies with relevant projects and programmes will be vital and will involve consultations with a wide range of initiatives, including those under the EU External Investment Plan.

Achieving long-lasting impact

The achievement of each of these result areas – which we will realize throughout the Project Implementation – will lead to enhanced energy security and adaptive capacity of partner countries, fostering their transition to low carbon and climate- resilient economies. This will subsequently contribute to more stable, efficient, competitive and climate-resilient socio-economic contexts, while increasing energy independence and reducing emissions.