Most Mediterranean countries, particularly the arid and semi-arid ones, are chronically water-stressed. Population growth, urbanisation, development progress and climate change impacts will all exacerbate that stress.
The southern and eastern Mediterranean countries combined have a large fossil resource base, and there are several net fossil fuel exporters: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Syria.
The Eastern Mediterranean is on its way to becoming an important gas province. If developed in a timely and successful way, the region’s resources may significantly change the energy picture in the wider Mediterranean region.
In the Mediterranean Region, wheat plays an essential role in societies and their consumption patterns, in relations between the authorities and the population, and in the trade taking place in the region.
States and EU institutions have been eager to talk about the protection of the Mediterranean Sea. This resonates with the perception captured by the Survey that de-polluting the Mediterranean is an important objective for the region.
Certain evident geopolitical issues have been left on the sidelines in the Euro- Mediterranean debate since 1995. This is the case of agricultural exchange, life in rural areas and food security.
Today the great global challenges, such as environmental change or the depletion of natural resources, are turning into strategic issues and influencing international peace and security.
One-third of the respondents agreed that there was improving harmonization and integration of markets and legislation and approximately half saw progress in promoting sustainable development in the energy sector.
Cette cinquième édition du Forum euro-méditerranéen de l'énergie est prévue en vue de consolider la rencontre régionale entre les pays producteurs et consommateurs d'énergie et les entreprises.
The EU devotes significant effort and resources to coping with the energy climate problem. In this context, the EU launched the Mediterranean Solar Plan as one of the priority projects of the Union for the Mediterranean.
There is ample evidence that climate change will impact the Mediterranean in various ways, but all climate models predict that the region will become drier and hotter and that the intensity of extreme events and drought will increase.
With its great biological and cultural wealth, the Mediterranean region faces the challenge of protecting its biodiversity from the threats of the modern world.
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