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EU reaches landmark agreement to slash plastic pollution
After months of negotiations with the European Commission and Parliament, the European Union has reached today a landmark agreement to slash plastic pollution from single-use items. This earth-shattering political decision signs off on measures that include bans on...
Debating the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus in the Mediterranean
Some 65 Members of Parliament, Journalists and NGOs from 20 or so countries gathered in Brussels on the 22nd of November 2018 to debate the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus in the Mediterranean. The aim of the event was to enhance the understanding of the...
UN Biodiversity Conference in Egypt crafts a new deal for nature and people: MIO-ECSDE was there!
From 17 – 29 November 2018, governments and civil society actors from across the world are gathering at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Egypt to take stock of the progress achieved towards tackling the global biodiversity crisis and craft a new deal for nature and...
A plastic-free Mediterranean Sea in the making: Members of Parliament and key stakeholders discuss the state of play and realistic steps forward
On the 21st of November the Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas Intergroup (Searica) met with MIO-ECSDE and the informal Circle of Mediterranean Parliamentarians for Sustainable Development (COMPSUD) at the European Parliament in Brussels. This was a unique...
MIO-ECSDE showcases the nexus approach as a tool for safeguarding biodiversity at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Egypt
Biodiversity often falls victim to competing claims on nature and its use. Despite the substantial efforts at EU and global level to protect, conserve and enhance the natural capital, assessments show that biodiversity is still being lost and that most ecosystems are...
Progress on Mediterranean ESD efforts
The Mediterranean Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development (MSESD) was unanimously endorsed on 13 May 2014 by the UfM Ministers of Environment & Climate Change and accepted as an integral part of the “Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development”...