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Benefits of the Paris Agreement to ocean life, economies, and people (article)
Sumaila UR, Tai TC, Lam VWY, et al. (2019) Benefits of the Paris Agreement to ocean life, economies, and people, Sci. Adv., 5, 2, eaau3855. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau3855 Abstract The…
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RICCAR: climate change impacts on water resources in the Arab Region
The Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR) is the outcome of the first Arab Ministerial Declaration…
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Future of nature values and ecosystem services in Mediterranean forests (article)
Morán-Ordóñez A, Roces-Díaz JV, Otsu K, Ameztegui A, Coll L, Lefevre F, Retana J, Brotons L (2019) The use of scenarios and models to evaluate the future of nature values…
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Dryland changes under different levels of global warming (article)
Highlights Dryland areas are vital ecosystems, highly sensitive to climatic changes. New higher resolution climate projections used to examine future aridity for RCP8.5 The drylands could increase by an additional…
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Improving ecosystem assessments in Med. social-ecological systems (article)
Balzan MV, Pinheiro AM, Mascarenhas A, Morán-Ordóñez A, Ruiz-Frau A, Carvalho-Santos C, Vogiatzakis I, Arends J, Santana-Garcon J, Roces-Díaz JV, Brotons L, Campagne CS, Roche P, de Miguel S, Targetti…
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Adaptive marine conservation planning in the face of climate change (article)
Graphical abstract AbstractRapid anthropogenic climate change is a major threat to ocean biodiversity, increasing the challenge for marine conservation. Strategic conservation planning, and more recently marine spatial planning (MSP) are…
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Invasive alien species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the EU (article)
AbstractThe European Union (EU) has recently published its first list of invasive alien species (IAS) of EU concern to which current legislation must apply. The list comprises species known to…
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Events
Union for the Mediterranean Climate Week, 9-11 April 2019, Barcelona
MedECC participated in the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Climate Week held from 9 to 11 April 2019 in Barcelona (Spain). This event was the occasion to gather a wide…
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Vineyards in transition : grape producing regions under climate change
Highlights Climate change will transform grapevine production and policy. Thermal suitability of grapevine may be greatly affected in China and the Mediterranean region. The possibility of quality wines is not…
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