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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Renewable Energy in the Euro-Mediterranean Framework

The problems deriving from the phenomenon of climate change have contributed to an awareness of the need to combat this phenomenon and have led to deeper discussion on sustainable development and the measures to be undertaken.

 22 August 2013

La geopolítica de la energía en un norte de África más amplio y profundo

El ataque a la planta gasista de In Amenas, en Argelia, ha mostrado que la gran frontera geopolítica de la energía para Europa sigue siendo la mediterránea.

 21 March 2013

El Plan Solar Mediterráneo y España

El Plan Solar Mediterráneo pretende instalar 20 GW de nueva capacidad de generación renovable en la ribera sur del Mediterráneo para 2020.

 21 December 2012
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Global Eco Forum 2012, Euro-Mediterranean Forum on Sustainability

Once again, following the success of previous editions, eco-union is preparing the Global Eco Forum 2012, with a special focus on the green economy, governance, sustainability and the future after the Rio +20 Earth Summit.

 25 October 2012

Water Governance in the Mediterranean

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.

 23 October 2012

Renewable Energy in the Mediterranean Context: State of the Play and Future Perspectives

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.

 18 October 2012

Natural Gas Resources in the Eastern Mediterranean: Challenges and Opportunities

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.

 23 August 2012

Wheat in the Mediterranean Region: Societies, Trade and Strategies

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.

 11 July 2012

No habrá desarrollo sostenible de las ciudades sin agricultura urbana

La existencia de una práctica urbana de la agricultura muestra que las relaciones entre la urbanización y la agricultura no son contradictorias.

 21 June 2012

Environmental Cooperation in the Mediterraneanthe Long Distance from Words to Deeds

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.

 28 November 2011

Liberalisation of Agriculture Trade and Food Security Cooperation

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.

 28 November 2011

The Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation in the Water Sector: Assessment of Progress and Emerging Perspectives

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.

 28 November 2011