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In January 2020, the McKinsey Global Institute published Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts. In that report, the impact of climate change is measured by the extent to…

Wolff, C., Nikoletopoulos, T., Hinkel, J., & Vafeidis, A. T. (2020). Future urban development exacerbates coastal exposure in the Mediterranean. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-11. Abstract Changes in the spatial patterns and rate…

The article “Méditerranée : le rapport du réseau MedECC tire la sonnette d’alarme !” (in French) prepared by Katarzyna Marini (MedECC Science Officer), Joël Guiot (CNRS, MedECC Coordinator) and Wolfgang…

Tramblay, Y., Koutroulis, A., Samaniego, L., Vicente-Serrano, S. M., Volaire, F., Boone, A., … & Cailleret, M. (2020). Challenges for drought assessment in the Mediterranean region under future climate scenarios. Earth-Science…

Zappa, G., Ceppi, P., & Shepherd, T. G. (2020). Time-evolving sea-surface warming patterns modulate the climate change response of subtropical precipitation over land. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(9), 4539-4545.…

United in Science 2020: A multi-organization high-level compilation of the latest climate science information. The United in Science 2020 Report has been compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) under the direction of the United Nations…

Weber, T., Bowyer, P., Rechid, D., Pfeifer, S., Raffaele, F., Remedio, A. R., … & Jacob, D. (2020) Analysis of Compound Climate Extremes and Exposed Population in Africa under two…

The Sustainable Development Report 2019 – Mediterranean Countries Edition is a synthetic review of the fourth edition of the Sustainable Development Report 2019, including integrated contents and tables editing, specifically…

Sobrino, J. A., García-Monteiro, S., & Julien, Y. (2020). Surface Temperature of the Planet Earth from Satellite Data over the Period 2003–2019. Remote Sensing, 12(12), 2036. Abstract This is an update of…

Tuel, A., and E. A. B. Eltahir (2020) Why Is the Mediterranean a Climate Change Hot Spot?. J. Climate, 33, 5829–5843, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0910.1. ABSTRACT Higher precipitation is expected over most of the world’s continents…

Ash, K., & Obradovich, N. (2020). Climatic stress, internal migration, and Syrian civil war onset. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 64(1), 3-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022002719864140 Abstract Syria recently suffered a once in 500-year meteorological drought…

Lionello, P., & Scarascia, L. (2020). The relation of climate extremes with global warming in the Mediterranean region and its north versus south contrast. Regional Environmental Change, 20(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01610-z Abstract This…

Otto, I. M., Donges, J. F., Cremades, R., Bhowmik, A., Hewitt, R. J., Lucht, W., … & Lenferna, A. (2020). Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth’s climate by 2050. Proceedings of…

Meena, R.S. (2020) Soil Health Restoration and Management. Springer Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8570-4 About the book Meeting the food requirements of an ever-increasing population is a pressing challenge for every country…

de Ruiter, M. C., Couasnon, A., van den Homberg, M. J., Daniell, J. E., Gill, J. C., & Ward, P. J. (2019). Why we can no longer ignore consecutive disasters. Earth’s…

Raviv, O., Shamir, S. Z., Izhaki, I., Sagie, H., Negev, M., Mazor-Tregerman, M., … & Lotan, A. (2020). The socioeconomic value of multiple ecosystem types at a biosphere reserve as…

Solaun, K., & Cerdá, E. (2020). Impacts of climate change on wind energy power–Four wind farms in Spain. Renewable energy, 145, 1306-1316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.06.129 Highlights • Climate change will affect wind speed and…

Sansilvestri, R., Cuccarollo, M., Frascaria-Lacoste, N., Benito-Garzon, M., & Fernandez-Manjarres, J. (2020). Evaluating climate change adaptation pathways through capital assessment: five case studies of forest social-ecological systems in France. Sustainability Science, 15(2),…

Soto-Navarro, J., Jordá, G., Amores, A., Cabos, W., Somot, S., Sevault, F., … & Sein, D. (2020). Evolution of Mediterranean Sea water properties under climate change scenarios in the Med-CORDEX…

Gutiérrez, C., Somot, S., Nabat, P., Mallet, M., Corre, L., van Meijgaard, E., … & Gaertner, M. Á. (2020). Future evolution of surface solar radiation and photovoltaic potential in Europe:…

Väänänen, P. J., Osem, Y., Cohen, S., & Grünzweig, J. M. (2020). Differential drought resistance strategies of co-existing woodland species enduring the long rainless Eastern Mediterranean summer. Tree Physiology, 40(3), 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpz130…

Zampieri, M., Toreti, A., Ceglar, A., Naumann, G., Turco, M., & Tebaldi, C. (2020). Climate resilience of the top ten wheat producers in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Regional Environmental…

Dakhlaoui, H., Seibert, J., & Hakala, K. (2020). Sensitivity of discharge projections to potential evapotranspiration estimation in Northern Tunisia. Regional Environmental Change, 20(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01615-8 Abstract Tunisia has a long history of…

Garteizgogeascoa, M., García-del-Amo, D., & Reyes-García, V. (2020). Using proverbs to study local perceptions of climate change: a case study in Sierra Nevada (Spain). Regional Environmental Change, 20, 59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01646-1 Abstract Local…

Barcikowska, M., Kapnick, S., Krishnamurty, L., Russo, S., Cherchi, A., & Folland, C. (2020). Changes in the future summer Mediterranean climate: contribution of teleconnections and local factors. Earth System Dynamics,  11,…

Boé, J., Somot, S., Corre, L., & Nabat, P. (2020). Large discrepancies in summer climate change over Europe as projected by global and regional climate models: causes and consequences. Climate Dynamics, 54(5),…

Claudet, J., Loiseau, C., Sostres, M., & Zupan, M. (2020). Underprotected Marine Protected Areas in a Global Biodiversity Hotspot. One Earth, 2(4), 380-384, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.03.008 Highlights 6.01% of the Mediterranean is…

Xu, C., Kohler, T.A., Lenton, T.M., Svenning,  J.C., Scheffer, M. (2020) Future of the human climate niche. PNAS 201910114; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1910114117 Significance We show that for thousands of years, humans have concentrated…

The ” Status Report on the Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management in the Arab Region “ (SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation) has been published. The report finds that…

Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change. Eds. Melissa R. Marselle, Jutta Stadler, Horst Korn, Katherine N. Irvine & Aletta Bonn. Springer Open, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02318-8 Summary of content This open…

Goncalves, J., Deschamps, P., Hamelin, B., Vallet-Coulomb, C., Petersen, J., et al. (2020) Revisiting recharge and sustainability of the North-Western Sahara aquifers. Regional Environmental Change, Springer Verlag, In press, 20 (47),…

The telltale physical signs of climate change such as increasing land and ocean heat, accelerating sea level rise and melting ice are highlighted in a new report compiled by the…

Peleg, O., Guy‐Haim, T., Yeruham, E., Silverman, J., & Rilov, G. (2020) Tropicalisation may invert trophic state and carbon budget of shallow temperate rocky reefs. Journal of Ecology, 108(3), 844-854; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13329…

Yeruham, E., Shpigel, M., Abelson, A., & Rilov, G. (2020). Ocean warming and tropical invaders erode the performance of a key herbivore. Ecology, 101(2), e02925 Abstract Climate change and bioinvasions are…

Zappa, G., Ceppi, P., & Shepherd, T. G. (2020). Time-evolving sea-surface warming patterns modulate the climate change response of subtropical precipitation over land. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(9), 4539-4545.…

The proceedings of the Sixth Mediterranean Forest Week (MFW) which has held from 1 to 5 April 2019in Brummana (Lebanon) have been published as a special issue (volume 40, issue…

Schilling, J., Hertig, E., Tramblay, Y., & Scheffran, J. (2020). Climate change vulnerability, water resources and social implications in North Africa. Regional Environmental Change, 20(1), 15. AbstractNorth Africa is considered a climate…

Mallo, M., Ziveri, P., Reyes-García, V., & Rossi, S. (2019). Historical record of Corallium rubrum and its changing carbon sequestration capacity: A meta-analysis from the North Western Mediterranean. PloS one, 14(12). Abstract…

Linares, C., Díaz, J., Negev, M., Martínez, G. S., Debono, R., & Paz, S. (2020). Impacts of climate change on the public health of the Mediterranean Basin population-Current situation, projections,…

Díez-Palet, I., Funes, I., Savé, R., Biel, C., de Herralde, F., Miarnau, X., … & Aranda, X. (2019). Blooming under Mediterranean Climate: Estimating Cultivar-Specific Chill and Heat Requirements of Almond…

Jorda G. Marbà N., Bennett S., Santana-Garcon J., Agusti S., Duarte C.M. (2020) Ocean warming compresses the three-dimensional habitat of marine life. Nat Ecol Evol, 4, 109–114; doi:10.1038/s41559-019-1058-0 Go to article AbstractVertical migration…

Diodato, N., Ljungqvist, F.C. & Bellocchi, G. (2019) A millennium-long reconstruction of damaging hydrological events across Italy. Sci Rep 9, 9963. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-46207-7 Abstract Damaging hydrological events are extreme phenomena with potentially severe…

Fargeon, H., Pimont, F., Martin-StPaul, N., De Caceres M., Ruffault J., Barbero R., Dupuy J.-L. (2020) Projections of fire danger under climate change over France: where do the greatest uncertainties lie?…

Gomei M., Abdulla A., Schröder C., Yadav S., Sánchez A., Rodríguez D., Abdul Malak D. (2019). Towards 2020: how Mediterranean countries are performing to protect their sea. 38 pages. Read the…

Gattuso, J.-P., Magnan A.K., Gallo N.D., Herr D., Rochette J.,Vallejo L, Williamson P. (2019) Opportunities for increasing ocean action in climate strategies. IDDRI, Policy Brief N°02/19. Download the publication Presentation The…

Rilov G., Fraschetti S., Gissi E., Pipitone C., Badalamenti F., Tamburello L., Menini E., Goriup P., Mazaris A., Garrabou J., Benedetti‐Cecchi L., Danovaro R., Loiseau C., Claudet J., Katsanevakis S.…

Zapata-Sierra, A. J., Manzano-Agugliaro, F. (2019) Proposed methodology for evaluation of small  hydropower sustainability in a Mediterranean climate. Journal of Cleaner Production, 214, 717–729. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2018.12.327 Go to article Abstract The Mediterranean…

Vousdoukas, M.I., Mentaschi, L., Voukouvalas, E., Verlaan, M., Jevrejeva, S., Jackson, L.P., Feyen, L., 2018. Global probabilistic projections of extreme sea levels show intensification of coastal flood hazard. Nat. Commun. 9, 2360.…

Geijzendorffer IR, Beltrame C, Chazee L, Gaget E, Galewski T, Guelmami A, Perennou C, Popoff N, Guerra C, Leberger R, Jalbert J. (2019) A more effective Ramsar Convention for the conservation…

A preliminary assessment of risk associated to climate and environmental changes in the Mediterranean region by the MedECC network in collaboration with decision-makers Keywords: climate change, Mediterranean Basin, science-policy interface…

Final Report. Regional analysis of the (I)NDCs in the SEMed Region (report). Authors: Jaime D. Fernandez M. and Ashanapuri HertaDownload the report EXECUTIVE SUMMARYAs part of the Paris climate agreement,…

Markantonis, V., Reynaud, A., Karabulut, A., El Hajj, R., Altinbilek, D., Awad, I., Brugemann, A., Constantianos, V., Mysiak, J., Lamaddalena, N., Matoussi, M., Monteiro, H., Pistocchi, A., Pretato, U., Tahboub,…

The IPCC approved and accepted Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate at its 51st Session held on 20 – 23 September 2019. The approved Summary for Policymakers (SPM)…

Hoegh-Guldberg O., Jacob D., Taylor M., Guillén Bolaños T., Bindi M., Brown S., Camilloni I.A., Diedhiou A., Djalante R., Ebi K., Engelbrecht F., Guiot J., Hijioka Y., Mehrotra S., Hope…

Schleussner C.F., Deryng D., D’haen S., Hare W., Lissner T., Ly M., Nauels A., Noblet M., Pfleiderer P., Pringle P., Rokitzki M., Saeed F., Schaeffer M., Serdeczny O., Thomas A. (2018) 1.5°C Hotspots: Climate Hazards, Vulnerabilities, and Impacts. Annual Review of Environment…

Varela, MR, Patrício, AR, Anderson, K, et al. Assessing climate change associated sea-level rise impacts on sea turtle nesting beaches using drones, photogrammetry and a novel GPS system. Glob Change…

Garnier, J., Le Noë, J., Marescaux, A., Sanz-Cobena, A., Lassaletta, L., Silvestre, M., Thieu, V., Billen, G., 2019. 
Long-term changes in greenhouse gas emissions from French agriculture and livestock (1852–2014):…

A series of EDA Insights, New Governance for the Environment in the Arab Region has been recently launched. The series explores ways for governments and other regional stakeholders to support…

Yang, C., Fraga, H., van Ieperen, W., Trindade, H., Santos, J.A. 2019. Effects of climate change and 
adaptation options on winter wheat yield under rainfed Mediterranean conditions in southern Portugal.…

The IPCC approved and accepted Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems at…

This report – the first ever inter-governmental global assessment on biodiversity – has been prepared by 150 leading experts from 50 countries, with backgrounds from natural and social sciences and…

Negev, M., Teschner, N., Rosenthal, A., Levine, H., Lew-Levy, C., & Davidovitch, N. (2019). Adaptation of 
health systems to climate-related migration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Closing the gap. International Journal of…

Pereira C. S., Lopes I., Abrantes I., Sousa J. P., Chelinho S., 2019. Salinization effects on coastal ecosystems: 
a terrestrial model ecosystem approach. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci.…

Fernández-Montblanc, T., Vousdoukas, M.I., Ciavola, P., Voukouvalas, E., Mentaschi, L., Breyiannis, G., 
Feyen, L., Salamon, P., 2019. Towards robust pan-European storm surge forecasting. Ocean Model. 133,129–144. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2018.12.001 Highlights A surge-tidal,…

Among other highlights, this edition finds that: More than 820 million people in the world were still hungry in 2018, underscoring the immense challenge of achieving the Zero Hunger target…

Grillakis, M.G., 2019. Increase in severe and extreme soil moisture droughts for Europe under climate 
 Sci. Total Environ. doi:10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2019.01.001 Highlights This study found indications about reduction in future soil…

The Summit of the Two Shores (“Sommet de 2 Rives”) is an Initiative of the French Republic to strengthen ties between the two shores of the Mediterranean.  It was held…

“Atlas of Ecosystem Services. Drivers, Risks, and Societal Responses” Editors: Schröter, M., Bonn, A., Klotz, S., Seppelt, R., Baessler, C. (Eds.) This book aims to identify, present and discuss key driving…

Koubi V (2019) Climate change and conflict. Annual Review of Political Science, 22, 343-360, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-050317-070830 Abstract The link between climate change and conflict has been discussed intensively in academic literature during the…

Vousdoukas MI, Mentaschi L, Voukouvalas E, Bianchi A, Dottori F, Feyen L (2018) Climatic and 
socioeconomic controls of future coastal flood risk in Europe. Nature Climate Change, 8, 776–780,
 doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0260-4 Abstract…

Sumaila UR, Tai TC, Lam VWY, et al. (2019) Benefits of the Paris Agreement to ocean life, economies, and 
 people, Sci. Adv., 5, 2, eaau3855. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau3855 Abstract The…

The Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR) is the outcome of the first Arab Ministerial Declaration…

Morán-Ordóñez A, Roces-Díaz JV, Otsu K, Ameztegui A, Coll L, Lefevre F, Retana J, Brotons L (2019)
 The use of scenarios and models to evaluate the future of nature values…

Koutroulis AG (2019) Dryland changes under different levels of global warming. Sci. Total Environ., 655, 
482–511. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2018.11.215 Highlights Dryland areas are vital ecosystems, highly sensitive to climatic changes. New higher…

Balzan MV, Pinheiro AM, Mascarenhas A, Morán-Ordóñez A, Ruiz-Frau A, Carvalho-Santos C, 
Vogiatzakis I, Arends J, Santana-Garcon J, Roces-Díaz JV, Brotons L, Campagne CS, Roche P, de 
Miguel S, Targetti…

Rilov G, Mazaris AD, Stelzenmüller V, Helmuth B, Wahl M, Guy-Haim T, Mieszkowska N,  Ledoux J-B, Katsanevakis S (2019) Adaptive marine conservation planning in the face of climate change: What can we…

Roy H et al. (2019) Developing a list of invasive alien species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in 
the European Union. Global Change Biology, 25, 1032-1048. Abstract The European…

Santillán D, Iglesias A, La Jeunesse I, Garrote L, Sotes V (2019) Vineyards in transition: A global assessment of the adaptation needs of grape producing regions under climate change, Science of…

The 2018 Global Nutrition Report shares insights into the current state of global nutrition, highlighting the unacceptably high burden of malnutrition in the world. It identifies areas where progress has…

Report from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Download the report Background This report presents the first global assessment of biodiversity for food and agriculture (BFA). It complements other…

Jorge Borrego, Premier Secrétaire Général adjoint de l’Union pour la Méditerranée, chargé de l’énergie et l’action pour le climat, nous livre ici les tenants et les aboutissants d’un développement durable…

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has core focus on food security and nutrition. Eradicating hunger and malnutrition has been recognized as a complex phenomenon, with different manifestations depending on…

Rojas M, Lambert F, Ramirez-Villegas J, Challinor A (2019) Emergence of robust precipitation changes across crop production areas in the 21st century. PNAS, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811463116 Significance Using 21st century climate model projections we…

Vilà-Cabrera A, Coll L, Martínez-Vilalta J, Retana J (2018) Forest management for adaptation to climate change in the Mediterranean basin: A synthesis of evidence, Forest Ecology and Management, 407, 16-22, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.10.021 Highlights Forest management in the Mediterranean…

Caroselli E, Gizzi F, Prada F, Marchini C, Airi V, Kaandorp J, Falini G, Dubinsky Z, Goffredo S (2018) Low and variable pH decreases recruitment efficiency in populations of a…

Rolo V, Moreno G (2019) Shrub encroachment and climate change increase the exposure to drought of Mediterranean wood-pastures. Science of The Total Environment, 660, 550-558, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.029 Highlights Mediterranean wood-pastures are threatened by shrub encroachment…

Editors: Clayton Campanhola Shivaji Pandey Description Sustainable Food and Agriculture: An Integrated Approach is the first book to look at the imminent threats to sustainable food security through a cross-sectoral…

“Human and Environmental Security in the Era of Global Risks- Perspectives from Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands” Behnassi M., Gupta H., Pollmann O. (Eds.) © Springer 2019 “Climate Change, Food Security…

Using Altmetric (an organisation that scores and ranks papers according to the attention they receive) data for 2018, Carbon Brief has compiled its annual list of the 25 most talked-about…

Jones E, Qadir M, van Vliet MTH, Smakhtin V, Kang SM (2019) The state of desalination and brine production: A global outlook. Science of The Total Environment, 657, 1343-1356 HIGHLIGHTS Unconventional water resources are key to support…

“Each degree matters, each year matters, and each decision matters: not acting today is adding to the burden of the next generations […]. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C is not…

Carranza-Gallego G, Guzmán GI, García-Ruíz R, González de Molina M, Aguilera E (2018) Contribution of old wheat varieties to climate change mitigation under contrasting managements and rainfed Mediterranean conditions. Journal of Clearer Production, 195, 111-121, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.188…

The regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia identifies a mix of governance options, policies and management practices that are currently available to reduce…

Recanati F, Maughan C, Pedrotti M, Dembska K, Antonelli M (2019) Assessing the role of CAP for more sustainable and healthier food systems in Europe: A literature review. Science of The…

Mediterranean forest area on the rise but increasingly in jeopardy climate change, wildfires and water scarcity drive forest degradation. The Mediterranean forest area has increased by two percent between 2010…

Raymond F, Drobinski F, Ullmann Albin, Camberlin P (2018) Extreme dry spells over the Mediterranean Basin during the wet season: Assessment of HyMeX/Med-CORDEX regional climate simulations (1979–2009). Int. J. Climatol.,…

Several articles on climate change and health have recently been published: Rohat G, Flacke J, Dosio A, Pedde S, Dao H, van Maarseveen M (2019) Influence of changes in socioeconomic and…

Mathbout S, Lopez-Bustins JA, Martin-Vide J, Bech J, Rodrigo FS (2018) Spatial and temporal analysis of drought variability at several time scales in Syria during 1961–2012. Atmospheric Research. 200,153-168  ABSTRACT This…

At a Glance Only 19 of the 52 glaciers that were in the Pyrenees in 1850 are gone, most since 1980. In Spain, only a handful of glaciers remain, with Monte Perdido…

Tramblay Y, Somot S (2018) Future evolution of extreme precipitation in the Mediterranean. Climatic Change, 151, 2, 289–302 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2300-5 ABSTRACT Mediterranean basins can be impacted by severe floods caused by extreme rainfall, and…

Andivia E, Zuccarini P, Grau B, de Herralde F, Villar-Salvador P, Savé R (2018) Rooting big and deep rapidly: the ecological roots of pine species distribution in southern Europe. Trees. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-018-1777-x…

Accelerating environmental changes in the Mediterranean Basin cause increasing risks to people and nature: a new synthesis Recent climate change has stronger impacts on the Mediterranean Basin than before, causing…

Turco M, Rosa-Cánovas JJ, Bedia J, Jerez S, Montávez JP,  Llasat MC, Provenzale A (2018) Exacerbated fires in Mediterranean Europe due to anthropogenic warming projected with non-stationary climate-fire models. Nature…

The impacts of climate change at 1.5C, 2C and beyond (CarbonBrief) Carbon Brief has extracted data from around 70 peer-reviewed climate studies to show how global warming is projected to…

Reimann L, Vafeidis AT, Brown S, Hinkel J, Tol RSJ (2018) Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage at risk from coastal flooding and erosion due to sea-level rise. Nature Communications,  9,  4161, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06645-9 Abstract UNESCO World Heritage…

On World Food Day, WWF warns against the dramatic impact of overfished oceans on people around the globe. Currently, 33 percent of fish stocks are overfished (in the Mediterranean it…

Hamidov A, Helming K, Bellocchi G, Bojar W, Dalgaard T, Ghaley BB, … Schönhart M (2018) Impacts of climate change adaptation options on soil functions: A review of European case-studies. Land Degradation…

Global Warming of 1.5 °C An IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the…

Soils provide numerous essential services in terrestrial ecosystems, ranging from the support of plant growth in agriculture and forestry to moderation of flood risks, water purification, large-scale carbon storage, and…

ESPON CLIMATE – Climate Change and Territorial Effects on Regions and Local Economies in Europe The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been pivotal in raising awareness on the…

The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) report : Lewis, P., Abdel Monem, M. A. and Impiglia, A. (2018) Impacts of climate change on farming systems and livelihoods in…

Bruno JF, Bates AE, Cacciapaglia C, Pike EP, Amstrup SC, van Hooidonk R, Henson SA, Aronson RB (2018) Climate change threatens the world’s marine protected areas. Nature Climate Change, vol. 8, 499–503. Abstract Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a primary management tool…

This latest Breakthrough report argues for an urgent risk reframing of climate research and the IPCC reports. What Lies Beneath is the inside story of how climate policy-making has become embedded…

Report entitled “Climate Change Adaptation in the Arab States: Best Practices and Lessons Learned” has been published by UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) and GEF (Global Environment Facility) in July…

Temperature Anomalies by Country 1880-2017 based on NASA GISTEMP data, Climate Reality  

Kapsenberg, L., Alliouane, S., Gazeau, F., Mousseau, L. & Gattuso, J.-P. Coastal ocean acidification and increasing total alkalinity in the northwestern Mediterranean (2017) Sea. Ocean Sci. 13, 411-426. Abstract Coastal…

Achebak H, Devolder D, Ballester J (2018) Heat-related mortality trends under recent climate warming in Spain: A 36-year observational study. PLoS Med 15(7): e1002617. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.100261 Download press release. Abstract Background Anthropogenic greenhouse gas…

Chefaoui, R. M., Duarte, C. M. and Serrão, E. A. (2018), Dramatic loss of seagrass habitat under projected climate change in the Mediterranean Sea. Glob Change Biol. Accepted Author Manuscript.…

Ramírez F, Rodríguez C, Seoane J, Figuerola J, Bustamante J (2018) How will climate change affect endangered Mediterranean waterbirds? PLoS ONE 13(2): e0192702. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192702 Abstract Global warming and direct anthropogenic…

Source: FAO press release 10 July 2018, Rome New analysis and modelling released today by FAO and more than 100 collaborating scientists projects that by 2050 climate change will have…

Hinkel J, Aerts J, Brown S et al. (2018) The ability of societies to adapt to twenty-first-century sea-level rise. Nature Climate Change, 8, 570–578 Abstract Against the background of potentially substantial sea-level rise, one important question…

Proposed science institute will focus on the Mediterranean and Middle East, regions that will be hard hit by global warming. Nature News, 27 June 2018 Anita Makri The tiny island…

  This report, coordinated by Stéphane Pouffary (ENERGIES 2050), Guillaume de Laboulaye (ENERGIES 2050) and Constantin Tsakas (Institut de la Méditerranée, FEMISE), presents in an updated way the realities of…

‘When we come home with our happy memories, we’re leaving behind a toxic legacy of plastic waste’ Josh Gabbatiss; Science Correspondent, 7 June 2018 ; The Independent Every summer the holidaymakers hitting…

Progress in Oceanography Special issue of MERMEX project: Recent advances in the oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea Edited by Richard Sempéré, Xavier Durrieu de Madron, Cécile Guieu, Ivane Pairaud Volume…

Arthur Wyns | 21st May 2018 The UN climate summit, which tool place in Germany this month, saw slow but steady progress on setting up the rules to implement the…

García-Nieto AP, Geijzendorffer I,  Baró F, Roche P, Bondeau A, Cramer W (2018) Impacts of urbanization around Mediterranean cities: changes in ecosystem service supply. Ecological Indicators, 91, 589-606 Go to article Highlights We assessed the impact…

Wolff C et al. (2018) A Mediterranean coastal database for assessing the impacts of sea-level rise and associated hazards. Scientific Data, 5, 180044. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.44 Abstract We have developed a new coastal database…

Malek Z, Verburg PH, Geijzendorffer IR, Bondeau A, Cramer W (2018) Global change effects on land management in the Mediterranean region. Global Environmental Change, 50, 238-254 Go to article Highlights We present land…

Hochman A, Harpaz T, Saaroni H, Alpert P. The seasons’ length in 21st century CMIP5 projections over the eastern Mediterranean. Int J Climatol. 2018;38:2627–2637. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5448 Abstract The eastern Mediterranean (EM)…