LIFE Calls for Proposals 2025
The LIFE Calls for Proposals 2025 have been launched to support projects aimed at conserving nature, protecting the environment, taking climate...
New Website for UNEP’s Regional Seas Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Seas Programme announces the launch of its new website, featuring updated, informative...
Youth4Climate’s Call for Solutions 2025 is open!!!
It’ s came back the call for funding and learning opportunities, to support youth-led climate solutions in 6 thematic areas. The Call is open to...
Plan Bleu announces the French version of the handbook “Sustainable Tourism in the Mediterranean.”
The guide "Harnessing the Potential of Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Maritime Spatial Planning Processes for Sustainable Tourism in the...
Champions of the Earth 2025
Every year, UNEP honours individuals and organizations working on innovative and sustainable solutions to address the triple planetary crisis:...
State of the World’s Migratory Species Report
The State of the Worlds Migratory Species Report provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the conservation status of migratory species. It...
#EyesOnLife Contest Now Open
The Call for Eco-Innovators and Changemakers “#EyesOnLife contest” has officially launched its call for a more sustainable future in the Southern...
JPI Oceans: opportunity for New Ideas for Joint Actions
JPI Oceans invites interested stakeholders to submit new ideas for Joint Actions that can inspire the international research agenda in the marine...
ISPRA’s ‘Nautilus’: The Robot Exploring the Depths of the Mediterranean
The first oceanographic expedition of the PNRR MER project has been successfully completed: the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and...
IECFA Award is still open!!!
There is a new deadline to participate at the 5th edition of the Istanbul Environment-Friendly City Award (IEFCA): you can submit your application...
INFO/RAC at the Third Annual Stocktaking Meeting of the MedProgramme
INFO/RAC participated in the Third Annual Stocktaking Meeting of the MedProgramme, which was held from April 8 to 10, 2025, in Istanbul.The meeting...
EEA launches “Our Environment: Our Future” Campaign
"Our Environment: Our Future" is a new communication campaign by the European Environment Agency (EEA), offering a platform to share the collective...
CORMON Biodiversity and Fisheries
On April 7th and 8th, the Specially Protected Areas Regional Activity Centre (SPA/RAC) hosted the second meeting of the Ecosystem Approach...
Odyssey Reloaded: “Gone with the Wind”!
Launched last January by Ms. Tajana Hema, Coordinator of the UNEP/MAP-Barcelona Convention, "Odyssey Reloaded", the digital campaign born to...
EU Waste Prevention Checkup
According to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report titled “Preventing Waste in Europe — Progress and Challenges, with a Focus on Food Waste”...
Let’s PCTO!
The event "A Lesson in Environmental Governance: Discovering Actions for the Mediterranean Sea and Its Coasts", organized as part of the PCTO (Paths...
IMO: A Global Strategy for Maritime Digitalization
The IMO Facilitation Committeemet in London last March for its 49th session to discuss issues related to the facilitation of international maritime...
The European State of the Climate 2024 is coming
The European State of the Climate Report 2024, jointly published by the Copernicus Climate Change Serviceand the World Meteorological Organization,...
Global Climate Data with the ERA Explorer Map
The ERA Explorer app is a new tool based on Copernicus Climate Change that brings key global climate data to everyone’s fingertips. This app allows...
Aquaculture Campaign: ‘Working for You with Passion’
The “Aquaculture in the EU: Working for You with Passion”campaign was launched on 25 March in Brussels.Developed in collaboration with Member States...
New Leaflet by REMPEC
REMPEC, the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea, has published a new information brochure to raise...
The BlueTech Competition at start!
The BlueTech Competition, a technology challenge designed to encourage STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) education in...
NEW Training School
The Training School "Sustainable Marine Governance in the Mediterranean" will be held from 5 to 10 May. It is organized by UNEP/MAP and the...
European Maritime Day
The European Maritime Day 2025 will take place in Cork, Ireland, from 21 to 23 May 2025. Organized by the European Commission, Cork City Council,...
Change is coming
Starting May 1 2025 ships operating in the Med SOx ECA are required to comply with alimit for sulphur content in fuel oil that is a fifth of the...
Copernicus: third-warmest February globally
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air...
EEA Launches “Environment&Me” Photo Competition
The EEA, the European Environment Agency, has launched the “Environment&Me” photo competition for 2025, aiming to highlight the connection...
Presentation of the new Plan Bleu’s Report
In the report "Understanding the Impact of Harmful Environmental Subsidies in the Mediterranean" Plan Bleu explores in detail the impact of these...
EU and the zero pollution targets for 2030
The European Commission and the European Environment Agency released their second Zero Pollution Monitoring and Outlook report, along side the...
The GFCM contributes to biodiversity conservation
Next In spring 2025, the eleventh Fisheries Restricted area will enter into force in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea in support of fisheries...
The second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report
The European Maritime Transport Environment Report 2025 released last 4 February by the European Maritime Safety Agency and the European Environment...
The Fifth Meeting of the Barcelona Convention Offshore Oil and Gas Group
TheFifth Meeting of the Barcelona Convention Offshore Oil and Gas Group (OFOG) Sub-Group on Environmental Impacttook place in Lija, Malta, on 19-20...
IMO on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from shipping
From 17 to 21 February, the Intersessional Working Group on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from ships met for its 18th meeting. The IMO's...
New measures for collecting catch data from recreational fishing
The European Union has, for the first time, establisheda harmonized system for collecting catch data from recreational fisheries in marine coastal...
New raccomandations for sustainable aquaculture
The European Commission has published three documents containingrecommendations and good practices on how to address obstacles to aquaculturegrowth...
A new Directorate General to strengthen Mediterranean and Gulf partnerships
One sea, three continents: the European Commission has set upa new Directorate-General for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf(DG MENA) that...
The Pelagos Agreement: new call for applications
The Permanent Secretariatis looking for a consultant to provide technical and scientific support in the management of the geographical data...
INFO/RAC meets the students of the State Scientific High School “Louis Pasteur” in Rome
As part of the activities of the Transversal Skills and Orientation Pathways (PCTO) of the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and...
The 8th Monaco Ocean Protection Challenge
The Monaco Ocean Protection Challenge 2025 is now open for applications. Created in 2018, the challenge is an international business plan pitching...
In Rome the Opening of the UNEP/MAP 50th anniversary celebrations.
Celebrations for the MAP-50 anniversary were officially opened by Ms Tatjana Hema, UNEP/MAP coordinator,in Rome, the last 23th January 2025, as...
Launch of the 2023 Mediterranean Quality Status Report
Ms Tatjana Hema,UNEP/MAP Coordinator, officially launched (23th January 2025, Rome) the 2023 Mediterranean Quality Status Report, the publication on...
Plan Bleu announces the New MED2050 Report
Pan Bleu announces the publication of MED2050 report: "The Mediterranean in 2050: A Prospective of the Blue Plan" a key milestone in better...
An agreement for the marine environment
INFO/RAC and the Permanent Secretariat of the Pelagos Agreement signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 18 December 2024. The agreement represents a...
The ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative Book
ACCOBAMS, the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area, proposedASI, the ACCOBAMS...
ACCOBAMS: NEW Executive Secretary
Maÿlis Salivasis the new Executive Secretary of ACCOBAMS. With 15 years of expertise in marine biodiversity conservation, she brings a strong...
Adopted the CAMP Bosnia and Herzegovina project
The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovinahas officially adopted the project’s final report. The decision will now be submitted to...
New Project Selected to Study Ecological Impacts of Deep-Sea Mining
The project was selected as part of the third phase of the successful JPI Oceans Joint Action on the ecological aspects of deep-sea mining. Endowed...
TouMaLi – Champion of plastic pollution prevention
TouMaLi, a UfM-labelled project, has been awarded the Champion of Plastic Pollution Prevention in the MediterraneanTitle for 2024. This recognition...
Nature based solutions to mitigate climate change impacts
PAP/RAC has released “Nature-Based Solutions for Adaptation to Climate Change in Different Coastal Typologies of the Mediterranean” which provides a...