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Pathways to Euro-Arab Gulf green partnership
  • Policy Study

Pathways to Euro-Arab Gulf green partnership

The cooperation between the EU and the Arab Gulf states can support energy transition while strengthening industrial competitiveness on both sides.

30 December 2025
Fostering regional cooperation on natural disasters and crisis management in the Mediterranean
  • Policy Study

Fostering regional cooperation on natural disasters and crisis management in the Mediterranean

This Joint Policy Study explores how countries across the region can strengthen cooperation, enhance preparedness, and build resilience through innovation, inclusivity, and shared governance.

11 November 2025
Policy Impacts of the Climate Change Conferences in the Mediterranean
  • Policy Study

Policy Impacts of the Climate Change Conferences in the Mediterranean

A report by IEMed, FNF MADRID and eco-union presented at the COP29 in Baku (2024).

14 November 2024
Renewable Energy and Electricity Interconnection Megaprojects in North Africa: Prospects for Euro-North Africa Cooperation
  • Policy Study

Renewable Energy and Electricity Interconnection Megaprojects in North Africa: Prospects for Euro-North Africa Cooperation

This Joint Policy Study delves into North Africa’s renewable energy landscape, examining the potential and challenges of megaprojects in the region.

21 July 2024
Infrastructures, energy and digitalisation: pillars for the sustainable development of transport in the Western Mediterranean
  • Policy Study

Infrastructures, energy and digitalisation: pillars for the sustainable development of transport in the Western Mediterranean

This Policy Study by IEMed and CETMO aims at giving response to the challenges posed by climate change in the region and how the transport sector can counter it and adapt to it through digitalisation, the transformation and connection of transport wi...

26 February 2024
Towards a Renewed Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation on Sustainable Agri-Food Systems for Food Security in the Region
  • Policy Study

Towards a Renewed Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation on Sustainable Agri-Food Systems for Food Security in the Region

This joint Policy Study discusses the vulnerabilities of the Mediterranean agri-food system exposed by the food and energy price spikes caused by the war in Ukraine and the implications for human security in the region.

22 May 2023
Green Recovery and Balancing Between Paradoxes: The Egyptian Holistic Approach to Promote Food Security and Tackle Related Challenges
  • Paper

Green Recovery and Balancing Between Paradoxes: The Egyptian Holistic Approach to Promote Food Security and Tackle Related Challenges

This policy paper discusses the challenges to food security in Egypt, including climate change, water scarcity, global instability, and disruptions to supply chains.

27 April 2023
Scaling Up Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to Maximise the Socioeconomic Impact ‒ The Case for Household Applications in Jordan
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Scaling Up Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to Maximise the Socioeconomic Impact ‒ The Case for Household Applications in Jordan

This policy paper examines the interlinkeages between Jordan’s social and economic development goals and the clean energy and sustainable energy goals.

13 February 2023
Anticipating and Mitigating Side-Effects: The Road to a Successful Green Transition in the Euro-Mediterranean Region
  • Policy Study

Anticipating and Mitigating Side-Effects: The Road to a Successful Green Transition in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

This policy study addresses the questions of energy security and green transition, taking stock of how Southern Mediterranean countries are reacting to the transformation of the global energy and what opportunities are offered by the EU Green Deal.

28 April 2022
Could the EU’s New Agenda for the Mediterranean Turn Climate Change from a “Threat Multiplier” into an “Opportunities Multiplier”?
  • Paper

Could the EU’s New Agenda for the Mediterranean Turn Climate Change from a “Threat Multiplier” into an “Opportunities Multiplier”?

This paper analyses the level of vulnerability of Mediterranean countries to climate risks and to detect climate warning-related impacts on security, and discusses the implementation of the New Agenda of the Mediterranean.

29 March 2022
The EU Green Deal. A new momentum for democratic governance in the MENA region?
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The EU Green Deal. A new momentum for democratic governance in the MENA region?

Environmentally sound and socially just policies in countries beyond the EU will hardly materialise without improvements in the area of democratic governance.

26 January 2022
Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change in the Mediterranean
  • Policy Study

Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change in the Mediterranean

The purpose of gathering knowledge on the socioeconomic impact of climate change is to advise decision- makers on the difficult decisions to be taken to mitigate and adapt to climate change in a region facing severe threats that climate change only...

26 November 2021