• This book explains the methods and results of a major research project, RECONDES, that was undertaken to develop strategies of effective use of vegetation to combat desertification and land degradation by water. (fao.org)
  • Global changes evident in the Mediterranean region (i.e., changes in societies, lifestyles and climate change) negatively impact these ecosystems through degradation, biodiversity loss, an increase of fire hazards and desertification, for example. (fao.org)
  • Sustainable land use Policies and degradation management strategies will be developed which will address specific problems of desertification and sustainable development at various scales. (semide.net)
  • MEDACTION developped an information and decision-support base on land degradation to assist decision-makers from the local to the European level in the formal and informal decision and policy making processes to combat desertification in the Northern Mediterranean region. (semide.net)
  • The specific problems of land degradation, desertification and mitigation measures are addressed at the European, Mediterranean and local scale. (semide.net)
  • Based on an examination of the connotation of desertification we suggest that desertification not only are caused by human disturbance superimposing on climatic drought in dryland areas of the north, but also can be a result of extreme land degradation due to soil erosion superimposing on physical drought effect in southern humid areas. (progressingeography.com)
  • The degradation process in red beds is similar to the Karst rocky desertification and land degradation of red soil in hilly areas, but whether this type of extreme land degradation that took place in the humid area of southern China is "desertification" needs further studying. (progressingeography.com)
  • Agricultural and food systems in the Mediterranean region face complex challenges including water scarcity, rainfall variability, increased temperatures, land degradation, desertification, high population growth and migration, widespread poverty, malnutrition and unemployment. (cgiar.org)
  • Desertification means land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities. (emwis.net)
  • The likely climate-change driven increase in rainfall erosivity could have strong adverse effects for the study area and potentially for a larger area of the Mediterranean, such as an exacerbated soil degradation and transfer of sediments, nutrients and contaminants into the water table. (climatechangepost.com)
  • The Union for the Mediterranean is collaborating to the side event "Regional initiative to counter land degradation in the Mediterranean, Near East and Eastern Europe, LANDMEDNET" with FAO and CIHEAM, which will take place on September 5th. (ufmsecretariat.org)
  • The side event draws attention to the need to identify the main challenges to sustainable land resources use and management and to map out regional actions to counter land degradation, enhance resilience and promote sustainable production landscapes in the Mediterranean, Near East and Eastern Europe. (ufmsecretariat.org)
  • 2011). In Mediterranean Europe, driven by climate change, annual precipitation has decreased whereas the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events (e.g. droughts, floods) increased, thus enhancing land degradation processes and the risk of desertification (Diodato et al. (elsevierpure.com)
  • The Mediterranean region is strongly exposed to climate change and faces fast-rising temperatures, water scarcity and desertification. (europa.eu)
  • Energy transition plays an important role in climate change mitigation on both shores of the Mediterranean. (europa.eu)
  • In addition, it would seem that the effects of climate change will probably make themselves felt earlier than believed, and with greater intensity in certain regions of the planet. (iemed.org)
  • In the Mediterranean Basin, climate constraints, water stress and land tenure limitations have always been present. (iemed.org)
  • Today, this capacity for relative resilience is being put to the test as never before because, due to its geographical location, the Mediterranean region is one of the world's most vulnerable to climate change. (iemed.org)
  • As in most other semi-arid regions, desertification in the Mediterranean region is largely a society-driven problem which can be effectively managed only through a thorough understanding of the principal ecological, socio-cultural and economic driving forces associated with land use and climate change, and their impacts. (semide.net)
  • Climate change would increase energy demand, decrease tourism attraction, and influence transportation in some regions of Asia (medium confidence6). (greenfacts.org)
  • In some cases, climate migration hot spots overlap with already volatile and unstable regions, where substantial migration could easily give rise to border conflicts and national security concerns. (truthout.org)
  • But first, we'd like to outline a handful of specific regions that could see migration and conflict due to a changing climate. (truthout.org)
  • 1. Climate Security in the Mediterranean: What Prospects for Regional Cooperation? (iai.it)
  • The Mediterranean is one of the most sensitive regions in the world to climate change. (prima-med.org)
  • The high sensibility of the hydrological cycle to climate change is a consequence of both the location of the region in a transition zone between a temperate climate in the mid-latitudes and the hotter-drier North African climate and its specific physiographic features. (prima-med.org)
  • 54 funded projects gathering 487 research teams are addressing the adaptation and mitigation to climate change in the Mediterranean. (prima-med.org)
  • On one hand, they are likely to be one of the most be highly climate-impacted nations in the Mediterranean region, facing serious crises like desertification. (yearofnoflying.com)
  • Carbonate samples from aqueducts throughout the Mediterranean (with a focus on France and Italy) are used to study both past climate (temperature and rainfall) and archaeological aspects of ancient aqueducts (restructuring, maintenance etc. (uni-mainz.de)
  • Furthermore the oak forest is our main ally in fighting against climate change and the most effective barrier to prevent desertification in the Mediterranean basin - the region of europe most vulnerable to global warming. (culturaportuguesa.eu)
  • Benchmarking Innovations for Sustainable Agri-food systems under climate change in the Mediterranean Region: what do ICARDA and the CGIAR have to offer? (cgiar.org)
  • This region is expected to be among those worst affected by climate change, further exacerbating the existing situation, resulting in reduced agricultural productivity, increased poverty, higher dependence on food imports, and increased competition for scarce natural resources. (cgiar.org)
  • The Union for the Mediterranean together with international networks and associations have been preparing a Mediterranean and Africa side-event on finance for climate resilience. (emwis.org)
  • Climate change, water shortages and desertification threaten the economic and environmental sustainability in the Mediterranean. (ciheam.org)
  • The Mediterranean region is experiencing rapid population growth, increasing water demand, and faster climate warming. (copernicus.org)
  • Groundwater plays a central role in the development of the Mediterranean by ensuring food security, buffering climate changes impacts and maintaining socio-economic stability and ecosystems integrity. (copernicus.org)
  • Mediterranean climate, found in some regions between latitudes 30° and 45°, is characterized by having mild winters and warm and dry summers. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Over one half of the area with Mediterranean-type climate worldwide is found in the Mediterranean Sea Basin, but it is also present in four other regions of the world namely California (USA), Central Chile, the Cape region of South Africa, and South-West Australia (Aschmann, 1973). (elsevierpure.com)
  • Indeed, climate models indicate that the Mediterranean climate range could expand by 15-32% in the Mediterranean basin and by 29-53% in South America (Klausmeyer and Shaw, 2009). (elsevierpure.com)
  • In 1980-2018, 100,000 to 1,000,000 ha were burned each year in five southern countries alone (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and Greece - [44] ), and more than 90% of European burned forests are found in Mediterranean-climate regions ( [46] ). (sisef.it)
  • Climate change could lead to more frequent occurrence of extreme climatic events in Mediterranean region, accompanying a 50 % decrease in agricultural production by the end of the century (Porter et al. (copernicus.org)
  • and (v) the potential for regional collaboration across the Mediterranean Basin. (cgiar.org)
  • In the twentieth century, before the spread of bioenergy, the harvesting of logs leaving branches on site was likely the prevailing practice in the Mediterranean Basin. (sisef.it)
  • In the west and northwest, drought and desertification will intensify and threaten the livelihoods of local habitants. (truthout.org)
  • PRIMA is contributing to provide affordable technologies for efficient use of water which will assist small farmers in copying with drought conditions in particular in southern Mediterranean countries. (prima-med.org)
  • The UfM also partnered with the UNCCD to foster cooperation on drought, desertification and land rehabilitation in the Mediterranean region, within a wider circular economy approach. (ufmsecretariat.org)
  • In particular, UfM contributed to developing National Drought Plans to enhance societal resilience within UfM non-EU Mediterranean countries. (ufmsecretariat.org)
  • Such archives are not universally present and new records are needed in their absence, especially for the Mediterranean region with the threat of droughts and desertification. (uni-mainz.de)
  • This study compared different aspects of the desertification processes in dry and humid areas, including material base, climatic conditions, influencing factors, formation forces, core functions, and land surface processes. (progressingeography.com)
  • The Mediterranean forests at the service of sustainable development of landscapes: mitigation and adaptation strategies to cope with global changes? (fao.org)
  • After the success of the first two Mediterranean Forest Weeks in 2010 in Antalya, Türkiye, and in 2011 in Avignon, France, the Algerian authorities welcomed the third edition in Tlemcen on the issue of "Mediterranean forests for sustainable development of territories: what strategies of mitigation and adaptation to global change? (fao.org)
  • 2011). The development of effective mitigation and adaptation strategies are therefore crucial for the future of the Mediterranean region. (elsevierpure.com)
  • The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has the largest water deficit in the world. (copernicus.org)
  • Accordingly, the trade-off between food security and the savings of water and land through food trade is considered to be a significant factor for resource management, especially in the MENA region. (copernicus.org)
  • Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze the impact of food trade on food security and water-land savings in the MENA region. (copernicus.org)
  • We concluded that the MENA region saved significant amounts of national water and land based on the import of four major crops, namely, barley, maize, rice, and wheat, within the period from 2000 to 2012, even if the food self-sufficiency is still at a low level. (copernicus.org)
  • In addition, we estimated the virtual water trade (VWT) that refers to the trade of water embedded in food products and analyzed the structure of VWT in the MENA region using degree and eigenvector centralities. (copernicus.org)
  • The study revealed that the MENA region focused more on increasing the volume of virtual water imported during the period 2006-2012, yet little attention was paid to the expansion of connections with country exporters based on the VWT network analysis. (copernicus.org)
  • Food security and water scarcity are urgent socioeconomic and environmental issues in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region (Saladini et al. (copernicus.org)
  • 2018). For example, food security in the MENA region has become complicated due to increased risks owing to the geopolitical challenges and inability to satisfy needs with domestic production because of the lack of adequate arable land and water resources (Rastoin and Cheriet, 2010). (copernicus.org)
  • In addition, food imbalance in the MENA region is forecast to reach 60 % in 2050 and food security in the MENA region could be extremely compromised (Rastoin and Cheriet, 2010). (copernicus.org)
  • 2014). In particular, water saving through food trade can be suggested as a solution for mitigating groundwater depletion in the MENA region (Lezzaik et al. (copernicus.org)
  • In this study, we focused on the role of food trade in the MENA region in terms of resource management. (copernicus.org)
  • 2015), in order to assess the food trade impact on water savings in the MENA region. (copernicus.org)
  • PRIMA is joining the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) to celebrate the Day of the Mediterranean. (prima-med.org)
  • PRIMA is joining the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) on its choice of the 28th November as the official Mediterranean Day by unanimous decision of its 42 member states. (prima-med.org)
  • The Union for the Mediterranean is an intergovernmental institution bringing together the European Union Member States and 16 countries from the Southern and Eastern shores of the Mediterranean to promote dialogue and cooperation. (ufmsecretariat.org)
  • The UfM Secretariat is the operational platform of the Union for the Mediterranean. (ufmsecretariat.org)
  • Soil and nutrient removal by water erosion in terraced soils under different land use , NATO.CCMS and science committee workshop on desertification in the Mediterranean region. (udg.edu)
  • Desertification would be exacerbated by reductions in average annual rainfall, runoff, and soil moisture, especially in southern, North, and West Africa (medium confidence6). (greenfacts.org)
  • average runoff and water availability would decrease in Mediterranean and southern countries of Africa (medium confidence6). (greenfacts.org)
  • The idea is to use the economic and political turmoil our region is facing to redirect our work, and help tackle unemployment amongst our youth by given them the opportunity to become involved in conservation efforts in North Africa and the Middle East, especially concerning wetland areas," Benessaiah said. (medwet.org)
  • He said using religion to put across environmental messages was particularly effective in Muslim countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. (medwet.org)
  • Enhancing capacity of stakeholders and the resources mobilization necessary for the sustainable management of forest ecosystems and other wooded lands in the Mediterranean through the implementation of the following strategic lines. (fao.org)
  • Increases in the intensity of heavy rains and tropical cyclones (medium confidence6), and region-specific changes in the frequency of tropical cyclones, would alter the risks to life, property, and ecosystems from flooding, storm surges, and wind damage. (greenfacts.org)
  • This is particularly relevant because of the difficulties involved in restoring ecosystems productivity once the desertification process is initiated. (prima-med.org)
  • The session will bring together experts in the field of freshwater conservation to discuss the importance and ways of protecting and restoring Mediterranean freshwater ecosystems: rivers, lakes, marshes, peatlands and groundwater. (emwis.org)
  • The session will feature the Donors' Initiative for Mediterranean Freshwater Ecosystems (DIMFE). (emwis.org)
  • At the International Symposium on Water and Wetlands in the Mediterranean held recently in the southern coastal Moroccan city of Agadir, experts from around the Mediterranean region gathered to discuss problems facing wetland ecosystems - and to try to find some answers. (medwet.org)
  • Desertification research has important significance for protecting the environment and for regional sustainable development. (progressingeography.com)
  • In addition, the participants of the Euromed Summit 2023 will discuss the topic "Water scarcity and desertification" , an issue closely linked to energy transition. (europa.eu)
  • Water is likely to be a key issue (high confidence6) due to projected drying trends over much of the region and change to a more El Niño-like average state. (greenfacts.org)
  • Pressure on water resources will continue to increase with the serious risk of salinization and desertification of large Mediterranean areas. (prima-med.org)
  • Planting and maintaining a cork oak tree is a barrier to desertification as it helps to maintain the natural cycle of water and carbon. (arsayo.com)
  • Desertification induced by water erosion and its combat of hetian town in Changding County, Fujian Province[J]. Progress in Geography, 17(2): 65-70. (progressingeography.com)
  • SPAC water potential gradient and its environmental effect in different rocky desertification grades in Guangxi[J]. Earth and Environment, 42(2): 213-220. (progressingeography.com)
  • Our research group has developed and is maintaining a database on roman water structures, ROMAQ, and an important collection of carbonate samples from ancient aqueducts and water mills, presently from more than 2000 samples from over 100 sites around the Mediterranean. (uni-mainz.de)
  • Sustainable Water Integrated Management (SWIM) aims to contribute to the extensive dissemination and effective implementation of sustainable water management policies and practices in the Southern Mediterranean Region in the context of increasing water scarcity, combined pressures on water resources from a wide range of users, desertification processes and in connection with climate change. (swim-sm.eu)
  • Thirteen (13) representatives of the Ministries in charge for Water and Environment of seven (7) South Mediterranean Countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia) gathered in Barcelona - Spain (15-16 December 2014) on the occasion of the 4th SWIM-SM Steering Committee Meeting to review the advancements of the project and discuss and formulate recommendations for the way ahead. (swim-sm.eu)
  • Participants expressed their appreciation for a number of activities carried out in 2014, and in particular for the role played by SWIM-SM in fostering peer-to-peer exchanges among water practitioners in the Mediterranean region. (swim-sm.eu)
  • While public and private insurance institutions have a strong role in covering these risks, and thus improving the investment environment, the private local insurance sector in the Southern Mediterranean countries has not been sufficiently engaged and needs to be better informed of the existing tools and methods, as a first step to be able to properly and safely cover PPP risks in the water and wastewater infrastructure market. (swim-sm.eu)
  • How to achieve a better compliance with water laws in the South Mediterranean countries was at the focus of a 2 days policy dialogue in Athens, Greece on 14th and 15th of October 2014. (swim-sm.eu)
  • The activity brought together 31 experts and NGOs from 7 South Mediterranean countries, who reviewed the current enforcement issues and gaps their countries experience, deliberated possible policy options, identified measures to improve conformity including capacity needs, and suggested guidelines for countries of the region towards better application of rule of law in the water sector. (swim-sm.eu)
  • Most of the Mediterranean countries are facing water scarcity. (emwis.net)
  • 2- A Mediterranean session will be organised at the Stockholm World Water Week, on 31 August 2022. (emwis.org)
  • Nejib Benessaiah, co-ordinator of the Mediterranean Wetlands (MedWet) Initiative which organised the conference said the focus of the gathering is the conservation of wetlands, encouraging sustainable use of water and bringing awareness to younger generations. (medwet.org)
  • But in Morocco just as in the other Arab countries that fringe the Mediterranean, overuse of water, intensive agriculture and tourism pressures are all putting wetlands at risk. (medwet.org)
  • In our Arab and Muslim region, water is something very sacred. (medwet.org)
  • Sixty percent of the world's population poor in water are in the Mediterranean region and the region provides thirty percent of the world's tourism destinations, especially coastal regions. (medwet.org)
  • Examination of water policy of the Mediterranean revealed an unbalanced situation between South Europe, characterised by complete, harmonised and straightforward water policy. (copernicus.org)
  • Populating estuaries, lagoons and Mediterranean coastlines, jumping mullets ( Liza saliens ) tolerate wide fluctuations of water salinity. (encyclopedie-environnement.org)
  • Towards better practices of salvage logging for reducing the ecosystem impacts in Mediterranean burned forests. (sisef.it)
  • Opening the session, CCD Deputy Executive Secretary Kalela noted that although women in desertified areas are the hardest hit by desertification, there is a large and growing presence of women decision-makers, who could make policies to transform the reality of women in drylands. (iisd.org)
  • To this end, an international and multidisciplinary team of scientists with complementary skills have joined efforts through two PRIMA-funded projects (Sustain-COAST and InTheMED) towards better groundwater management and governance in the Mediterranean. (copernicus.org)
  • Results suggested that combining in-situ data and regional groundwater modelling can offer further insights into this data-scarce region. (copernicus.org)
  • In this framework of Mediterranean emergency and citizen uprising, the Mediterranean Citizen's Assembly Foundation (AMCF) has been practising citizen diplomacy in its 10 years of life and has built a network of 29 citizen circles in 29 cities and 20 countries in the region. (iemed.org)
  • This module analyses policies affecting land use, and desertification in the EU and the four countries - Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal - and aims to produce a framework for their improvement, integration and synthesis. (semide.net)
  • They agreed to launch the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Process , known as the Barcelona Process, a new framework of dialogue to convert the Mediterranean region into a common space for peace, stability, security and shared prosperity. (prima-med.org)
  • NGO DIALOGUE: The second open dialogue with NGOs considered gender perspectives in combating desertification. (iisd.org)
  • It is the date of the first Euro-Mediterranean Conference, which gathered the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the EU and 12 Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries in Barcelona in 1995. (prima-med.org)
  • The south-eastern Mediterranean experiences frequent desert dust storm events (DDS) that have been shown to be associated with adverse health effects. (who.int)
  • The south-eastern Mediterranean region is affected by impact of desert dust on cardiorespiratory health. (who.int)
  • Forests and natural areas are an integral part of Mediterranean territories. (fao.org)
  • This event was supported by the Algerian Government, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the French Ministry of Agriculture, the Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions - Silva Mediterranea and its Turkish Presidency, the German International Cooperation (GIZ), Plan Bleu, the Mediterranean Model Forests Network (MMFN), the European Forest Institute Mediterranean Facility (EFIMED), the International Association for Mediterranean Forests (AIFM) and the forest Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC). (fao.org)
  • The 2023 edition of the Euromed Summit will be dedicated to "Energy transition in the Euro-Mediterranean region" . (europa.eu)
  • The Switchers Policy Hub, the new space for policymakers working for the green and circular transition in the Mediterranean, is now launched. (switchmed.eu)
  • Mediterranean agricultural systems have often had to demonstrate ingenuity to overcome these numerous difficulties. (iemed.org)
  • Melting snowcaps in the Andean region will harm important agricultural regions in Latin America. (truthout.org)
  • EU agricultural integrated policies among the EU and the southern Mediterranean countries are more evidently distilled through the EU-Mediterranean process (EUROMED). (ciheam.org)
  • MEDACTION 4 is one of a cluster of four projects forming a programme of integrated, multidisciplinary research, involving the principal stakeholders and concentrating on finding solutions to the strategic problem of desertification. (semide.net)
  • YEMEN noted that combating desertification improves agriculture and aids poverty alleviation. (iisd.org)
  • In this respect, the Sustain-COAST Living Labs provide the setting to explore innovative governance approaches that could be scaled to increase resilience and adaptation capacity across the Mediterranean. (copernicus.org)
  • The Mediterranean region is characterized by an acute scarcity of land resources suitable for production, due to aridity, inherently poor soils in many areas, and poor land management. (ufmsecretariat.org)
  • The ad hoc working group on the review of CCD implementation (AHWG) met to consider the Latin America and Caribbean and Northern Mediterranean regional reports, and six country reports from Italy, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Portugal and Moldova. (iisd.org)
  • Economic: characterised by growing economic and social inequalities between northern and southern countries in the region and within the countries themselves. (iemed.org)
  • The AMCF has held eight major thematic meetings in different countries, the latter in November 2019 in Barcelona, in which the situation of youths in the Mediterranean was discussed. (iemed.org)
  • A large percentage the of audience came from Arab countries along the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean sea and they expressed the following views. (medwet.org)
  • Being part of the EMWWR provided an opportunity to make a bigger impact outside of Europe and involve countries in the Southern Mediterranean region. (switchmed.eu)
  • An average of 213,000 ha of European forest is affected by fire every year, with 90% of this area corresponding to Mediterranean countries. (sisef.it)
  • The methods and restoration strategy were developed in relation to the dryland environments of the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, involving field measurements, monitoring and modelling in the study area in Southeast Spain, the driest and most vulnerable region in Europe to desertification. (fao.org)
  • The cork oak whose scientific name is quercus suba is a Mediterranean species with unique characteristics on the planet. (culturaportuguesa.eu)
  • As well as being rich in bio-diveristy of flora and fauna, the park is breeding endangered species and sending them to other counties along the northern shore of the Mediterranean. (medwet.org)
  • The potential benefits of a successful north-south cooperation in the area of renewables are significant with an increase in employment and better access to energy in fragile regions. (europa.eu)
  • Climatic and environmental: particularly concerns the Mediterranean Sea and has special impact on the advance of desertification. (iemed.org)
  • The project is divided into four modules which will address land management concerns, scenario-generation and policy formulation at various scales (local and Mediterranean). (semide.net)
  • In this module land use change scenarios are developed at the European, Mediterranean, and local scale levels to aid local decision-making with regard to policy formulation for sustainable land management in the target areas. (semide.net)
  • One can however expect that the vast majority of post-fire logging affects Mediterranean woodlands. (sisef.it)
  • This study assessed the perceptions and practices towards DDS of local authorities and stakeholders from 3 coun- tries in the region, Cyprus, Greece and Israel. (who.int)
  • The meeting helped boost a major civil movement aimed at the political institutions so that they urgently place the issue of Mediterranean youth at the centre of their agendas. (iemed.org)
  • Funded by the European Union , the SwitchMed Programme is implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Economy Division and MedWaves, the United Nations Environment Programme Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP/MAP) regional activity centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production (formerly known as SCP/RAC). (switchmed.eu)
  • 2.5 the centre of this region experiencing DDS events that eosinophilia ( 8 ) and tissue injury ( 9 ). (who.int)
  • Cultural: revealed by the increasingly religious and identity tension between the peoples of the Mediterranean and the neighbouring areas. (iemed.org)
  • This Mediterranean emergency is worsened by the active presence of new and old powers, intervening in different ways, and whose extreme manifestation we see in the wars and armed conflicts in the region and neighbouring areas. (iemed.org)
  • Additionally, the understanding of Mediterranean agroecosystems is also interesting in the context of increasing temperature and decreasing precipitation in many temperate areas (Trnka et al. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Stratégie régionale pour la protection de l' environnement et l' utilisation rationnelle des ressources naturelles dans les pays membres de la CEE pendant la période allant jusqu' en l' an 2000 et au-delà : adoptée par la Commission économique pour l' Europe à sa quarante-troisième session (1988 dans sa décision E (43. (who.int)
  • While gas will continue to play an important role in the energy mix on both shores of the Mediterranean, the region is also blessed with great renewable potential - increasingly attracting public and private stakeholders. (europa.eu)
  • The event, which took place at the headquarters of the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), had the support of the Government of Catalonia and Barcelona City Council and the presence of Euro-Mediterranean institutions such as the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), the Euro-Mediterranean Local and Regional Assembly (ARLEM), the Economic and Social Committee (CESE) and the network of Mediterranean cities Medcités, among others. (iemed.org)
  • According to a study by IDDRI-CIRED (2009), the average temperature rise in the region is likely to reach between 2° and 6.5°C by the end of the century, with major infra-regional differences. (iemed.org)
  • Observers from Regional organizations, institutions and academia active in the Region also participated in the event. (swim-sm.eu)
  • Results also showed the Mediterranean has become increasingly dependent on cereal importation over local food production, which poses a severe threat to its best diet overall and food security. (copernicus.org)