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UfM Member States reassert their ambition to tackle climate and environmental challenges. But is it ambitious enough?
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...
D-NOSES closing conference: wrapping up 3 years of new knowledge on managing odour pollution
The D-NOSES journey, in which MIO-ECSDE was the advocacy partner, comes to an end in September 2021 after a full 3 years. This initiative was born from the lack of a unified proper response to odour issues and the need to fill in this perceived regulatory gap. It was...
Marine LitterWatch Month is here again, an opportunity to take action against marine litter
It’s Marine LitterWatch Month for the 8th consecutive year and its success story builds on the joint efforts of the Marine LitterWatch communities. MIO-ECSDE is a part of this ‘taskforce’ towards providing reliable, accurate and comparable marine litter data for all...
MIO-ECSDE’s MedActionDay 2021 comprises 21 actions on Ocean Literacy!
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...
MIO-ECSDE organises a high-level online panel discussion on Climate Change: the rapidly increasing challenge for the Mediterranean, September 21st
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...
MIO-ECSDE’S position on the revision of the EU Waste Water Treatment Directive
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...