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We hope that you and your dear ones are healthy and safe.
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We are happy to inform you the the 1st Mediterranean Assessment Report (MAR1) prepared by MedECC has been released in November 2020. Now it undergoes typesetting and it will be printed in 2021. Another great piece of news of the last trimester is that MedECC received the North-South Prize 2020 from the Council of Europe. You may find all the details, as well as other news here below.
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MedECC Coordinators: Wolfgang Cramer and Joel Guiot
MedECC Science Officer: Kasia Marini
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1st MEDITERRANEAN ASSESSMENT REPORT and NORTH SOUTH PRIZE 2020
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1st Mediterranean Assessment Report The First Mediterranean Assessment Report (MAR1) prepared by MedECC is now released. MAR1 assesses the best available scientific knowledge on climate and environmental change and associated risks in the Mediterranean Basin in order to render it accessible to policymakers, stakeholders and citizens. The report has been written by 190 scientists from 25 countries. Several press releases have been published in relation to this publication. Its main results have been summarized here.
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On the 13 November 2020 the jury of the North-South Prize of the Council of Europe decided to award the 2020 Prize to the Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MedECC) network and to the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP).
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On 14 December 2020, a mere 48 hours after the Climate Ambition Summit, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) organized an online encounter with its members and with lawmakers from across the region.
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On the occasion of the 25thanniversary of the Barcelona Process, during the 5th Union for the Mediterranean Regional Forum 25 successful initiatives of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation promoted by civil society actors were selected to participate in the online exhibition. MedECC was one of them.
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The Med2020 conference coorganised by MISTRALS programme, MedECC and Plan Bleu was held from 16 to 18 November 2020 online. This event gathered more than 280 participants.
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García-Martín, M., Torralba, M., Quintas-Soriano, C., Kahl, J., & Plieninger, T. (2020). Linking food systems and landscape sustainability in the Mediterranean region. Landscape Ecology, 1-17.
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Pereda, O., von Schiller, D., García-Baquero, G., Mor, J. R., Acuña, V., Sabater, S., & Elosegi, A. (2021). Combined effects of urban pollution and hydrological stress on ecosystem functions of Mediterranean streams. Science of The Total Environment, 753, 141971.
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Albano, P. G., Steger, J., Bošnjak, M., Dunne, B., Guifarro, Z., Turapova, E., ... & Zuschin, M. (2021). Native biodiversity collapse in the eastern Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1942), 20202469.
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Newbold, T., Oppenheimer, P., Etard, A., & Williams, J. J. (2020). Tropical and Mediterranean biodiversity is disproportionately sensitive to land-use and climate change. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4(12), 1630-1638.
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Margirier, F., Testor, P., Heslop, E., Mallil, K., Bosse, A., Houpert, L., ... & Taillandier, V. (2020). Abrupt warming and salinification of intermediate waters interplays with decline of deep convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-11.
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Morán-Ordóñez, A., Duane, A., Gil-Tena, A., De Cáceres, M., Aquilué, N., Guerra, C.A, Geijzendorffer, I.R., Fortin, M-J., Brotons, L. (2020). Future impact of climate extremes in the Mediterranean: soil erosion projections when fire and extreme rainfall meet. Land Degradation & Development, 31, 18, 2040-2054.
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Pisinaras, V., Paraskevas, C., & Panagopoulos, A. (2021). Investigating the Effects of Agricultural Water Management in a Mediterranean Coastal Aquifer under Current and Projected Climate Conditions. Water, 13(1), 108.
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Ruffault, J., Curt, T., Moron, V., Trigo, R. M., Mouillot, F., Koutsias, N., ... & Belhadj-Khedher, C. (2020). Increased likelihood of heat-induced large wildfires in the Mediterranean Basin. Scientific Reports , 10(1).
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Morán-Ordóñez, A., Ameztegui, A., De Cáceres, M., de-Miguel, S., Lefèvre, F., Brotons, L., Coll, L. (2020) Future trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services in Mediterranean forests under global change scenarios. Ecosystem Services, 25, 101174.
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REPORTS AND OTHER RESOURCES
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The SoED provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of environment and development interactions in the Mediterranean region.
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New MedECC infographic on drivers and impacts of climate and environmental change is available (in French and English).
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The State of the Climate in Africa 2019, report of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) provides a snapshot of climate trends, observed high-impact events and associated risks and impacts on key sensitive sectors in Africa.
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3 questions sur... le changement climatique du Bassin Méditerranean
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The report “Climate Change and Migration: Inspiring Practices from the Mediterranean.” by The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) compiles and analyzes inspiring local solutions to the challenges of climate change and its effects on migration through territorial resilience in the Mediterranean region.
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This report identifies pathways and recommendations to accelerate clean energy transitions in five North African countries. Its aim is to take stock of the region’s current energy trends and illustrate policy-relevant best practices that help advance decarbonisation of the region’s energy systems.
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The World Energy Outlook, the flagship publication of the International Energy Agency (IEA), provides a comprehensive view of how the global energy system could develop in the coming decades.
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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 which it could affect human beings, human-made physical assets, and the natural world over the next three decades.
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