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The 2nd Mediterranean Green Week of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) successfully took place from 24–26 June 2025, in Brussels, despite the many challenges the region faced during that week. Policymakers, experts, youth leaders, and stakeholders from across the...

From 1–2 July 2025, the FOLOU consortium convened at the University of Bologna for its 5th project meeting, accelerating joint efforts to harmonise food loss quantification across Europe as the project reaches its halfway mark in its four-year journey. Partners...

The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea is under increasing threat from legacy and emerging contaminants, marine litter, noise and light pollution, invasive species and habitat destruction -all of which are driven by growing human activity and intensified by climate...

The 2025 UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3), held in Nice, France, on 10 June, provided a pivotal platform for Mediterranean stakeholders to showcase their commitment to ocean sustainability. Mediterranean countries were strongly represented across political, scientific, and...

While support for biodiversity protection remains high among Europeans, everyday contemporary living often distances people from nature, making biodiversity seem abstract and invisible in their surroundings. This gap makes it difficult to align their personal values...

European Maritime Day 2025 (EMD2025), held in Cork City, convened over 1,300 stakeholders from across Europe and beyond, representing a diverse spectrum of maritime sectors, policy domains, and civil society. This year’s edition served as a dynamic platform for...