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METAVASEA Wave 1 Survey results
The region’s shipping community is increasingly aware of the need to cut emissions and is taking steps towards decarbonization. While progress is uneven, responses from shipping companies, ports, suppliers, and civil society point to both growing awareness and readiness to act, particularly in relation to skills, safety, infrastructure, and alternative fuels.
The findings of Wave 1 of the large-scale METAVASEA survey have been compiled. The survey was conducted between June and November 2024 prior to the adoption of the IMO Net-Zero Framework at MEPC 83.
It is worth noting that citizens believe that shipping emissions account for between 50–70% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, while they are approximately only 3%.
In total, 898 responses were collected from across the maritime community, including shipping companies, seafarers, ports, suppliers, and civil society. Read the full Press Release prepared by the lead Partner HELMEPA here.
METAVASEA Wave 2 Survey ongoing. Please contribute!
Take part in Survey Wave 2 by completing the e-questionnaire (~10 min): https://shout.com/s/MScUpEz9/i/2662503/q/7707579
METAVASEA and Mediterranean Youth at COP24 of the Barcelona Convention
Together with the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA), the Mediterranean Youth Group (MYG), the Be2aty Project and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), MIO-ECSDE co-organised a side event on the 4th of December 2025 in the morning, on day three of the 24th Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention, entitled “Navigating a Sustainable Mediterranean: Cultivating New Skills, Empowering Youth and Building Partnerships for Maritime Decarbonization”. A large part of the side event was dedicated to the METAVASEA project and the results of the 2025 survey (Wave 1) aiming to map readiness, challenges, and perspectives on maritime decarbonization. The side event was also the main Youth side event of COP24 and the Mediterranean Youth Group presented to the Ministers and plenary the outcomes of the side event discussions that fall under the following headings:
Youth as Co-Architects of the Mediterranean Decarbonization Pathway- Invest in Youth Skills for a Just and Green / Blue Economy Transition
- Strengthen Regional Cooperation for a Carbon-Neutral Mediterranean Sea
- Scale Youth-Led Innovation for Maritime Emission Reduction
- Make the Mediterranean a Global Hub for Green Shipping Innovation
- Welcome the Proposed MSSD Flagship Initiative on Youth and Strengthen Youth & Women’s Representation in the MCSD (this was infact approved by the Ministers later in the day)
Read here the full text as presented by Anissa Wardi, Co-coordinator of MYG here.