Sustainability, Energy & Climate

Climate Change in the Mediterranean: Environmental Impacts and Extreme Events

Climate Change in the Mediterranean: Environmental Impacts and Extreme Events

Mediterranean climate change has been observed at a magnitude exceeding global means, despite the fact that the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in Mediterranean countries lies at relatively low levels.

 14 October 2020
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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

Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation on Natural Disasters: Civil Protection and Emergency Management

The current health crisis has highlighted new needs, such as emergency accommodation, as well as transport and logistics capacity or, more recently, energy capacity.

 13 January 2023

The geopolitical aspect of food security in the Mediterranean region

On a global level, the Mediterranean is the scene of numerous geopolitical tensions which are reflected, in part, in agriculture, which is a highly strategic but rather fragile sector.

 13 January 2023

On the Road to COP27: Human Security at the Centre of the Climate Emergency

During the last decade, the security implications of climate change have helped to bring climate change to the realm of international policymaking by placing it as a key threat to state, collective, and human security.

 12 December 2022

Vulnerabilidad al clima, injusticia y (neo)colonialismo

Los países africanos son los más vulnerables al cambio climático. Si no se les ayuda de inmediato, sus efectos seguirán agrandando las injusticias y perpetuando la herencia del colonialismo

 22 November 2022

Mediterráneo: un mar de oportunidades para liderar el desarrollo sostenible

Sectores como el turismo, la agricultura, la pesca, la energía o la biodiversidad pueden ayudar a equilibrar economía y naturaleza, convirtiendo esa sostenibilidad en motor del desarrollo

 22 November 2022

Acción climática en la región MENA: promesas, esperanzas y grandes palabras

Los países MENA han hecho grandes avances en materia climática, pero deberían armonizar sus prioridades, con medidas que involucren a la sociedad civil y a las comunidades locales

 22 November 2022

Observaciones sobre el impacto de las recientes crisis sobre la seguridad alimentaria en la región mediterránea, y sus efectos negativos sobre la estabilidad y la seguridad humana

La seguridad alimentaria se ha convertido en una de las grandes prioridades de la agenda política global.

 9 November 2022

The Mediterranean Region: A Cocktail of Climate and Environmental Risks

The author discusses the consequences of the rapid climatic and environmental changes in the Mediterranean.

 17 October 2022

Water Crises in North Africa and the Middle East: When Anthropogenic Causes Combine with Capricious Skies

This article analyses the demographic, geopolitic and climate consequences of the water crises in the MENA region.

 14 October 2022

Tackling the Sustainability Crisis with a New Mediterranean Institute for Ecological Finance

This article proposes an innovative financing mechanism to achieve the SDGs in the Mediterranean. The objective is to rapidly increase the amount of bank deposits available to SMEs and have an impact on businesses in the most vulnerable Mediterranean...

 5 October 2022

The Future of Mediterranean Tourism in a (Post) Covid World. Back to Mass Tourism or Leapfrog towards Sustainability?

The author reflects on how Mediterranean tourism can either shift towards greener and more inclusive patterns or return to its previous trend of uncontrolled mass tourism.

 4 October 2022