Romeo Mikičić has been fishing in the azure waters of the Adriatic Sea for more than 40 years.The father of two is passionate about the sea and comes from generations of fishers who lived on the island of Cres, one of more than a thousand islands in the Republic of Croatia that depend on fishing. …
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Sea-level rise will be one of the major climate change-induced risks of the 21st century for coastal areas. According to the Sixth Assessment Report of IPPC released on February 28th 2022, it is virtually certain that global mean sea level will continue to rise over the 21st century. Relative to the period 1995–2014, the likely …
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Monaco 29 November 2021. For the third time in the Mediterranean, around 250 key players involved in the marine environment will meet from 28 November to 1st December 2021 in Monaco, to share their experiences, discuss and develop a joint work programme to improve, by 2030, the protection of the Mediterranean Sea. Over 400 other …
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The leading role of Cyprus for tackling the Climate Crisis was highlighted at the 2nd International Conference on “Climate Change in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East” (EMME region), which successfully took place in Paphos, on 13-14 October 2021, within the framework of the Cyprus Government Initiative for Coordinating Climate Change Actions in the …
(Story edited by Emilia Christofi-CNA) Cyprus is determined to take all necessary steps at a national level to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, said on Wednesday President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades, who pointed out the objectives of the Action Plan, which is an initiative of the Cyprus government to …
Taking action to effectively address climate change is a one-way street, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said, pointing out the benefits of synergies and regional cooperation and underlying the significance of the cooperation Cyprus has developed with countries in the region. Addressing Thursday the 2nd international conference on climate change in the Eastern Mediterranean and the …
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This innovative partnership model aims to respond to the environmental and financing challenges of nature conservation in the Mediterranean. In the context of major global mSeobilizations to protect biodiversity, aiming to support the new objectives to protect the planet and given the many challenges affecting the Mediterranean region (including climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and …
Over the weekend, the Union of Tyre Municipalities, the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), in cooperation with volunteers, environmental and scout associations, the Civil Defense, and UNIFIL, launched a campaign to clean-up Tyre Coast Nature Reserve from balls of sticky gobs and blobs of tar, which showed up last week on South Lebanon’s beaches …
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Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa program manager in Beirut, Julien Jreissati, on Monday stepped up calls on Lebanon’s Ministry of Environment to take swift measures to assess the magnitude of the risk that the Mediterranean oil spill might have on Lebanon, especially after reaching the country’s southern coast. Jreissati suggested setting up an urgent …
A new IUCN report finds that an estimated 229,000 tonnes of plastic is leaking into the Mediterranean Sea every year, equivalent to over 500 shipping containers each day. Unless significant measures are taken to address mismanaged waste, the main source of the leakage, this will at least double by 2040. Based on a compilation of data …
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