Barcelona COP 24: “Sustainable Blue Economy for a Resilient and Healthy Mediterranean”
The COP24 (2–5 December 2025, Cairo) endorsed several key decisions addressing regional climate and environmental challenges, including the Summary for Policymakers of the MedECC Special Report on the Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystems (WEFE) nexus. MedECC’s work highlights the importance of science-based assessments for integrated policymaking and coordinated regional action.
حصاد البيئة 2025| مصر تترأس مؤتمر الأطراف لاتفاقية حماية بيئة البحر المتوسط من التلوث
Harvesting the Environment 2025 | Egypt chairs the Conference of the Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Environment from Pollution
29 December 2025 | Egypt
مصر تتسلم رئاسة اتفاقية برشلونة لتعزيز الاقتصاد الأزرق وحماية المتوسط
Egypt Assumes Presidency of the Barcelona Convention to Promote the Blue Economy and Protect the Mediterranean
29 December 2025 | Saudi Arabia
وزيرة البيئة تستعرض تقريرا حول الإقتصاد الأزرق كطريق للتنمية المستدامة
Minister of Environment reviews a report on the blue economy as a path to sustainable development
31 December 2025 | Morocco
وزيرة البيئة: مصر اتبعت خطوات حثيثة نحو تعزيز الاقتصاد الأزرق
Minister of Environment: Egypt has taken steps to strengthen the blue economy
30 December 2025 | Egypt
وزيرة التنمية المحلية: مصر اتبعت خطوات حثيثة نحو تعزيز الاقتصاد الأزرق
Minister of Local Development: Egypt has taken steps to strengthen the blue economy
31 December 2025 | Egypt
دخلها يعادل دخل قناة السويس.. وزيرة التنمية المحلية: خطوات حثيثة لتعزيز الاقتصاد الأزرق
Ambassador Nasser Kamel writes: We need more effective cooperation in civil protection to save lives in the Euro-Mediterranean region
31 December 2025 | Egypt
2025’in bilançosu: Rekor sıcaklıklar, kuraklık ve derinleşen iklim krizi | Balance sheet for 2025: Record temperatures, drought and deepening climate crisis. 25 December 2025, İklim Masası (The Climate Desk, Türkiye). Assoc. Prof. Dr. Doğukan Doğu Yavaşlı highlights that the Mediterranean region is experiencing intensifying climate impacts, citing MedECC to stress severe heat, drought, and other environmental risks that demand urgent action.
UfM calls for urgent climate action as Mediterranean Pavilion unifies regional voice and unveils latest scientific findings at COP30 | COP 30, Belém, 13 November 2025. During a dedicated press briefing, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the MedECC urged immediate, coordinated climate and environmental action, underscoring the Mediterranean Pavilion’s role in rallying a unified Mediterranean voice and elevating a region often overlooked in global negotiations.
Why Delaying Climate Investment Today Will Cost the MENA Region Far More Tomorrow . 19 December 2025, EcoMENA (Qatar).
La Méditerranée à la croisée des chemins environnementaux : des déchets plastiques aux risques côtiers | The Mediterranean between pollution and adaptation: an urgent call for collective action. 9 November 2025, Al Bayane (Morocco).
مقابلة مع الأمين العام للاتحاد من أجل المتوسط ناصر كامل (Interview of UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel), Al-Youm Al-Saba, 06 October 2025 (Egypt). In this interview, MedECC is cited as a key scientific reference that supports the UfM climate policies and priorities.
What Climate Change Means for the Mediterranean Sea, GEOMAR, 05 September 2025 (Germany). Press release for a recent study led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel assessing the risks to marine and coastal ecosystmes in the Mediterranean,, even under comparatively moderate additional warming. The study also drawas on the MedECC first Mediterranean Assessment Report (MAR1) to consolidate knowledge on climate and environmental change in the region.
Summer heatwaves: A wake-up call for sustainability and justice, Malta Independent, 16 July 2025 (Malta). The article highlights the urgent need for Malta to address the escalating risks of extreme heatwaves by adopting sustainable, just climate policies that protect vulnerable communities, reduce energy inequalities, and build long-term resilience against climate change impacts.
“صيف 2025” يخنق بني مكادة ومغوغة ويثير سؤال العدالة المناخية بطنجة – “Summer 2025” suffocates Beni Makada and Moghogha and raises the question of climate justice in Tangier, Tanja 24, 21 August 2025 (Morocco). The article describes the extreme heatwave in Tangier during summer 2025 in neighborhoods with record-high temperatures and poor living conditions, and highlights the urgent need for climate justice and adaptation strategies.
Rajongunk érte, mégis teleszemeteljük? – Bajban van a Földközi-tenger (We adore it, yet we litter it? – The Mediterranean Sea is in trouble), WMN, 26 July 2025 (Hungary). Focus on thee severe plastic pollution crisis threatening the Mediterranean Sea, which is one of the most affected marine areas in the world.
Καλοκαίρι… υπό διάλυση (Summer… falling apart), Topontikis, 31 August 2025 (Greece). Focus on coastal risks due to the climate crisis, rising sea levels and human interventions.
The Mediterranean at Boiling Point (El Mediterráneo en ebullición), Revista Rambla, 25 June 2025 (Spain). Based on interviews with several scientists. As the Mediterranean is warming rapidly, it causes more frequent heatwaves and serious damage to marine life. Without immediate action, these changes will have irreversible effects on the region’s environment and people.
United action for blue sustainability, arhamonline, 21 June 2025 (Egypt). Throwback on the Mediterranean Day, held during UNOC3. The event brought together many stakeholders including MedECC that shared scientific insights to support urgent action and sustainable policies for the region’s future
¿Tendremos que vivir con menos agua? (Will we have to live with less water?), arhamonline, 23 June 2025 (Spain). Scientific piece discussing the growing water scarcity problem in the Mediterranean region and emphasising the urgent need for transparent and cooperative strategies to ensure sustainable water use for people and ecosystems.
The Mediterranean at the UN Ocean Conference 2025: Driving regional solutions for global ocean action, IUCN News, 06 June 2025. Highlighting the role of the Mediterranean at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference in Nice.
España busca mejorar la protección de la población ante el avance de las “inundaciones de nueva generación” (Spain Seeks to Improve Population Protection Against the Advancement of “New Generation Floods”), EL PAÍS, 28 March 2025 (Spain). Citing MedECC to provide scientific evidence in support of proposed regulatory changes by Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition to minimise risks to people and property from flooding, the article highlights the need to address both climate warming and urban development in high‑risk flood zones.
Il Mediterraneo si scalda, ghiacciai in pericolo, ecosistemi e popolazioni a rischio (The Mediterranean is warming, glaciers in danger, ecosystems and populations at risk), 20 March 2025, Il giornale dell’ambiente (Italy). Citing MedECC to highlight that even moderate sea‑level rise in the Mediterranean poses serious risks to ecosystems and populations, with projections of up to one metre by 2100 potentially displacing 20 million people.