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Make the Mediterranean a cooperation area for sustainable development
Providing socioeconomics insights for the appropriate management of Mediterranean resources
Facilitate a science – political and civil society interface
Supporting the transition towards a green and blue economy
Design possible futures for sustainable development
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How can we envision the Mediterranean of tomorrow? What challenges will Mediterranean societies face in response to climate change, geopolitical tensions, pressure on natural resources, and economic and social issues? To address these questions and make the initial findings of the foresight exercise “MED 2050: The Mediterranean by 2050” accessible to a wider audience, Plan Bleu has published an illustrated…
01/06/26
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Sustainable Finance in the Mediterranean : What Impacts Do Different Instruments Deliver ?
3 June 2026
The Mediterranean is currently facing an unprecedented convergence of crises (water scarcity, pollution, biodiversity decline) that is putting growing pressure on its ecosystems and economies.
Reforming Environmentally Harmful Subsidies : An Ecological Imperative and an Economic Opportunity for the Mediterranean
3 June 2026
The Mediterranean is warming 20% faster than the global average, yet governments artificially sustain unsustainable economic models through Environmentally Harmful Subsidies (EHS) in fossil fuels,
Plan Bleu Publishes an Illustrated Booklet to Make the MED 2050 Scenarios Accessible to All
1 June 2026
How can we envision the Mediterranean of tomorrow? What challenges will Mediterranean societies face in response to climate change, geopolitical tensions, pressure on natural resources,
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Activity Report 2021
Despite the ecological crisis affecting the world and more particularly the Mediterranean, the path traveled by Plan Bleu in 2021 is dotted with great successes! While celebrating 45 years of the Barcelona Convention, we closed this last biennium with
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Wetland ecosystem services values advocacy paper
Plan Bleu contributed to and coordinated the advocacy document: “The urgent need to protect and conserve wetlands for the future of Mediterranean people, nature and economies”. It was written in the framework of the Interreg Med project of the Mediterr
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Towards a sustainable development of marine renewable energy in the Mediterranean
The report “Towards a sustainable development of marine renewable energies in the Mediterranean” was produced in the framework of the Interreg Med blue growth community, led by Plan Bleu. It provides an overview of the development of marine renewable e
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Mapping and assessment of the state of wetland ecosystems: a Mediterranean perspective in 2022
This report is part of the efforts of the Mediterranean Biodiversity Protection Community (MBPC), led by ETC-UMA and supported by the Regional Activity Centre Plan Bleu, in collaboration with several key Mediterranean institutions, partners and members
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Costs and benefits of establishing a low sulphur emission zone in the Mediterranean
In 2020, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) took bold action to reduce SOX emissions from ships, with the entry into force of a new global regulation limiting the sulphur content in fuel oil used on board ships to 0.50%, the so-called IMO su
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