Activities

CONTEXT   At the 27th Convention on Climate Change (COP27) held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, CMI is joining global leaders, the UN family, development partners, NGOs, thought leaders, and more to take concrete action towards achieving the world's collective climate goals as agreed under the Paris... read more

World Bank – CMI Joint Webinar Series #4 Knowledge Exchange on Green Hydrogen for the Mediterranean Region   Green Hydrogen Industrial Strategies around the Mediterranean 15 JUNE 2021 | 10:00 EDT/16:00CET     The CMI and the World Bank are organizing a series of webinars to promote exchange of... read more

World Bank – CMI Joint Webinar Series  Knowledge Exchange on Green Hydrogen for the Mediterranean Region Hydrogen in the Mediterranean: National Policies and Strategies in Selected Countries Thursday April 29, 2021 | 09:00 EDT/15:00CET         Background   The Center for Mediterranean Integration (... read more

  World Bank – CMI Joint Webinar Series  Knowledge Exchange on Green Hydrogen for the Mediterranean Region Prospects for Green and Blue Hydrogen in the Mediterranean:  Gas transport infrastructure implications Thursday March 18, 2021 | 10:00 EDT/15:00CET     Background   Carbon neutrality will... read more

Click here to see the full picture.   Joint Webinar Series of the World Bank Energy Global Practice and CMI.   Green Hydrogen in Developing Countries: Implications for the... read more

    As the region’s economic growth craters, current account, and fiscal balances are deteriorating and public debt is projected to rise significantly.     WASHINGTON, October 19, 2020 — Trade and integration — within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and with the rest of the world —... read more

Civil Society and Youth’s Views for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future in the Mediterranean     In collaboration with: The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF), the United Nations Population... read more

Background   In December 2017, participants at the One Planet Summit cautioned that “we are losing the battle” on climate change and we are “nowhere near” being able to contain rising temperatures to between 1.5°C to 2°C.   Altering the trajectory of carbon emissions will require operationalizing... read more

Context   Aimed at enabling the EU to deliver on its Paris Agreement commitments and at implementing the Energy Union, the 'Clean Energy for All Europeans' (CE4ALL) Package has three main goals: putting energy efficiency first, ... read more

Rationale   The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) launched, in November 2015, the Mediterranean Forum on Electricity and Climate Change, a permanent discussion platform among countries, international organisations, regulators and electricity companies. The purpose of the Forum is to raise... read more

Context   The Mediterranean region has a key role to play in the implementation of the Paris Agreement (AP) on Climate Change. To achieve the objectives of the Paris agreement, renewable energy must be mobilized on a larger scale.   However, a larger-scale integration of renewable energy in the... read more

Rationale   The MENA region is rich in solar resources, which harnessed through technologies such as Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and Thermal Energy Storage (TES) could help countries in the region meet their growing energy needs with clean power. However, some obstacles remain in the... read more

The webinar, taking place online on Tuesday 20th of June, 2017 at 2pm time in Dubai, is free to attend and it is organized by the World Bank MENA CSP Knowledge & Innovation Program. Places are free but limited, offered on a first come first served basis at http... read more

Context   The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) launched, in November 2015, the Mediterranean Forum on Electricity and Climate Change, a permanent discussion platform among countries, international organisations, regulators and electricity companies, and organised a first regional workshop... read more