The first in-person Lead Author Meeting for the Second Mediterranean Assessment Report (MAR2) will be held at Aix-Marseille Université, France, from 5 to 7 November 2025 with the collaboration of the Téthys Euro-Mediterranean University Consortium.
Collaboration across borders
The meeting will bring together Coordinating Lead Authors and Lead Authors to advance the first draft of MAR2, focusing on chapter content, key messages, cross-cutting issues, overlaps, and knowledge gaps. Over three intensive days, authors of the seven chapters will work collaboratively to develop draft texts, integrate stakeholder feedback on the outline and structure of the report, and strenghten links across chapters.
More than 60 scientists from 18 countries, with expertise in climate science, environmental change, impacts, adaptation, vulnerability, and mitigation, will contribute through plenary sessions and dedicated chapter group work.
About the Téthys Euro-Mediterranean University Consortium
The Tethys Euro-Mediterranean University Consortium, coordinated by Aix-Marseille University, was founded in the year 2000 with the aim of contributing to the creation of a Euro-Mediterranean area of higher education, research, and innovation.
Through Tethys, the member universities of the network join forces to build a space for cultural and scientific exchange, to foster cooperation among Euro-Mediterranean countries, and to develop ambitious partnerships in the service of the Mediterranean. Today, the network brings together 87 universities from 22 countries, representing 3 million students.
Tethys is committed to acting for the future of the Mediterranean by promoting major projects dedicated to climate change and the adaptation of Mediterranean territories and populations. In this spirit, the network is pleased to welcome, at Aix-Marseille University, the researchers and coordinators of the MAR-2 report, on the occasion of the authors’ meeting organised by MedECC from November 5 to 7 in Marseille.
Support and Partners
MedECC Secretariat is officially hosted by Plan Bleu, a UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre in Marseille, France, as part of a partnership with the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the support of the Regional Group of Climate Experts in the Southern Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (GREC-SUD).
MedECC activities are funded by the European Union Directorate-General Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf (DG MENA), UfM with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), UNEP/MAP via the Mediterranean Trust Fund (MTF), and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
