May 7, 2025 | Mediterranean Sea, News
Starting May 1st, stricter regulations on marine fuels to control sulphur emissions. As of 1 May 2025, the Mediterranean Sea has officially become a Sulphur Emission Control Area (Med SOx ECA) under MARPOL Annex VI, requiring ships to use fuel with a sulphur content...
Apr 24, 2025 | Mediterranean Sea, RAC
The guide “Harnessing the Potential of Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Maritime Spatial Planning Processes for Sustainable Tourism in the Mediterranean” is now also available in French.The document is a strategic resource designed to support...
Apr 17, 2025 | Mediterranean Sea, Project, UE
The first oceanographic expedition of the PNRR MER project has been successfully completed: the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA) has carried out an unprecedented exploration of the submerged mountains of the Mediterranean Sea.Thanks...
Feb 14, 2025 | European Commission, Mediterranean Sea
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 will be headed by Mediterranean Commissioner Dubravka Šuica. It will be fully devoted to the Mediterranean region, i.e....
Jan 24, 2025 | Mediterranean Sea, Report, UNEP/MAP
Ms Tatjana Hema,UNEP/MAP Coordinator, officially launched (23th January 2025, Rome) the 2023 Mediterranean Quality Status Report, the publication on the state of quality in the Mediterranean Sea in the framework of the opening of MAP50 aniversary celebration....
Jan 14, 2025 | Mediterranean Sea, Project, RAC, UNEP/MAP
INFO/RAC and the Permanent Secretariat of the Pelagos Agreement signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 18 December 2024. The agreement represents a significant milestone for the protection of the marine environment, especially for the protection of the mammals that...
