Events
MedECC side-event during COP24 conference, Katowice, Poland
The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean and its partners (UN Environment Mediterranean Action Plan through Plan Bleu Regional Activity Centre and MedECC, the network of Mediterranean Experts on Climate…
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More sustainable and healthier food systems in Europe (scientific article)
Recanati F, Maughan C, Pedrotti M, Dembska K, Antonelli M (2019) Assessing the role of CAP for more sustainable and healthier food systems in Europe: A literature review. Science of The…
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State of Mediterranean Forests 2018 (FAO-Plan Bleu report)
Mediterranean forest area on the rise but increasingly in jeopardy climate change, wildfires and water scarcity drive forest degradation. The Mediterranean forest area has increased by two percent between 2010…
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Extreme dry spells over the Mediterranean Basin during the wet season (article)
Raymond F, Drobinski F, Ullmann Albin, Camberlin P (2018) Extreme dry spells over the Mediterranean Basin during the wet season: Assessment of HyMeX/Med-CORDEX regional climate simulations (1979–2009). Int. J. Climatol.,…
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3rd Meeting of Environmental Journalists in the Mediterranean
The MedECC Coordinator, Wolfgang Cramer (IMBE, CNRS, FRANCE), presented the science update on energy resources in the Mediterranean (past trends, current situations, vulnerabilities and risks) during the 3rd meeting of environmental journalists…
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New articles on climate change and health
Several scientific papers on climate change and health have recently been published: Rohat G, Flacke J, Dosio A, Pedde S, Dao H, van Maarseveen M (2019) Influence of changes in socioeconomic…
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UfM Working Group on Environment and Climate Change, 12-13 November 2018
The progress of the MedECC was presented by the MedECC Coordinator, Joel Guiot (Air-Climat, CEREGE, CNRS, France), during the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Second Meeting of the Working Group…
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Droughts and extreme precipitation events in Eastern Mediterranean (articles)
Mathbout S, Lopez-Bustins JA, Martin-Vide J, Bech J, Rodrigo FS (2018) Spatial and temporal analysis of drought variability at several time scales in Syria during 1961–2012. Atmospheric Research. 200,153-168 ABSTRACT This…
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Pyrenees Glaciers Will Disappear Within 20 Years
At a Glance Only 19 of the 52 glaciers that were in the Pyrenees in 1850 are gone, most since 1980. In Spain, only a handful of glaciers remain, with Monte Perdido…
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