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- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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
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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
- 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
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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
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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
- 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