by thomaisv | Oct 6, 2021 | News
Just a few weeks ahead of COP 26 and at the start of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, on October 4th 2021, the much anticipated 2nd UfM Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Action took place in a hybrid format in Cairo, hosted by Egypt, under the...
by thomaisv | Sep 13, 2021 | News
2021 marks the launch of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) aiming to advance ocean science and sustainable use of the ocean. The ambition is to mobilize the scientific community, policy-makers, and society at large in...
by thomaisv | Sep 9, 2021 | News
This past summer has highlighted in grave ways just how urgently comprehensive climate action is needed in the Mediterranean. Heatwaves with record temperatures, wildfires in most countries, floods, and stark climate futures for the region indicated by the very recent...
by thomaisv | Jul 31, 2021 | News in French
Lorsque la Directive 91/271/CEE sur le traitement des eaux usées urbaines fut adoptée il y a 20 ans, la plupart des villes européennes situées dans la région méditerranéenne, y compris celles des pays qui étaient économiquement avancés, disposaient de centrales de...
by thomaisv | Jul 29, 2021 | News
When the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC (UWWTD) was introduced twenty years ago, the majority of the European Mediterranean cities, even of economically advanced countries, had totally inadequate waste water treatment plants, polluting through their...
