Sustainability, Energy & Climate

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

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
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On Environmental Conservation in the Mediterranean Region

Effective management of environmental conservation in the Mediterranean area requires real and effective cooperation between the countries on both shores.

 15 September 2014

The Economic Costs of Climate Change

Assessing the current impacts of climate change, in physical and, then, economic terms, is extremely difficult. The main problem is that the available historical observations do not go back far enough to enable the proper attribution of a given pheno...

 12 September 2014

Energy Infrastructures in the Mediterranean: Fine Accomplishments but No Global Vision

Since the energy resources are concentrated in the South while the greatest consumption is in the North, export flows move in a South to North direction, which requires heavy infrastructure.

 10 September 2014

From Oil Subsidies to Social Benefits

Energy subsidies have traditionally played an important role in Middle Eastern and North African economies. Subsidies still represent a major component of social protection in the majority of Southern Mediterranean countries.

 4 September 2014

Irán, el mercado global del petróleo y la seguridad energética

Irán posee enormes reservas de hidrocarburos. Sin embargo, la falta de inversiones y tecnología han perjudicado su capacidad de producción.

 21 March 2014

Petróleo y política en Libia

El sector hidrocarburos representa cuatro quintas partes del PIB y genera cerca del 95% de los ingresos fiscales y el 98% de los procedentes de las exportaciones.

 21 March 2014

La geopolítica de la energía en Europa, marcada por una vecindad convencional

Pese a la revolución no convencional de EE UU, para la UE, Rusia, el Norte de África y el golfo Pérsico siguen desempeñando un papel clave.

 21 March 2014

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