Activities

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January 21, 2015 – Marseille, France   In preparation for the “Conference Paris Climat 2015” (COP 21), CMI Green Growth experts participated in a debate on climate change  focusing on the questions resulting from the Lima climate change conference (December 2014). The debate was organized... read more

December 11, 2014 – Marseille, France   CMI experts moderated a session involving representatives from 16 countries and IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement) and Plan Bleu at a Climate Meeting of Local and Regional Elected Officials of the Mediterranean. WB and CMI presented... read more

December 9, 2014 – Marseille, France   An expert panel discussion followed the presentation of a newly-launched World Bank report, Turn Down the Heat III.... read more

  The countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) boasts 57% of the world’s proven oil reserves (World Bank), in addition to other resource-rich characteristics, such as their unique endowment with solar resources. However, and this is especially true in countries where oil and gas... read more

The objective of the meeting was to identify new or supplemental activities and to assess progress one year after the official kick-off the project. The meeting was attended by representatives from the Ministries of Environment of Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt, Algeria, and West Bank and Gaza. ... read more

The objective of the workshop, a project of the Green Accounting and WAVES partnership, was to discuss the potential for green accounting and explore candidate countries in the MENA region. The “Natural Capital Accounting” workshop presented the rationale and tools to better monitor and manage... read more

The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) is organizing a workshop to launch the AFD-World Bank report "Climate Change and Migration: Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa". This report is the main output of a research project launched in 2010 and follows two previous workshops held... read more

Egypt, Lebanon and Morocco have expressed interest in joining the WAVES Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) initiative. They are among the first countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to consider natural capital accounting as a... read more

While countries increasingly see sound environmental practices as critical to long-term growth, policy implications for transitioning to a green growth agenda are less clear. The 2012 MED Report "Towards Green Growth in the Mediterranean Countries" gathers evidence on the environmental, social and... read more

Mediterranean countries are confronted to economic, environmental, and social challenges that are strongly interlinked. Economic performances are stagnating and local manufacturing firms are struggling to remain competitive in the face of the rapid expansion of new industrial powers in Asia.... read more

The Sustainable MED program is a 5 year program aimed at enhancing and accelerating the implementation of trans-boundary pollution reduction, improving water resources management, and developing biodiversity conservation measures in priority hotspots and sensitive areas in selected Mediterranean... read more