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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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

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