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The Blue eco forum 2018 reflects on the sustainability of coastal-maritime tourism

  State and Autonomous Communities institutional representatives, together with experts from different disciplines discuss the role of Maritime Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Management as tools for tourism sustainability governance. They highlight the importance of integrating coastal-maritime planning and introducing ecosystem carrying capacity to manage recreational uses of the sea and maritime tourism transport. Barcelona, 16th November 2018 - The…
eco-union
16 November, 2018
Energy and Climate ChangeNews

European and Mediterranean safety and prosperity depends on limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C

In 2015, world countries committed “to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels” when adopting the Paris Agreement. To monitor implementation, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) asked scientists across the world to assess impacts associated with the 1.5°C goal and emission reductions. The findings highlight that crossing this threshold can have severe consequences…
eco-union
10 October, 2018
Blue EconomyNews

Workshop: “Sustainable investments in the Mediterranean and the role of public & private actors”

The next 19th of June, eco-union and the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) will present their new report Green Finance in the Mediterranean in Brussels. The presentation will be at a workshop co-hosted with Finance Watch. This report explores some of these questions. We will have an opportunity to discuss some of the initiatives that are going on to promote green investment…
eco-union
18 June, 2018
Blue EconomyNews

Zero Beach project presentation

The last 13th of April eco-union presented the project "Zero Beach" at the Monaco Ocean week. This project aims to create a waste and marine litter prevention protocol as a waste management framework for beaches. The implementation of this protocol will not need “waste legislation”. The approach will be: A waste management system to prevent beach and marine litter in beaches An…
eco-union
3 May, 2018
Blue EconomyNews

The final version of Green Finance in the Mediterranean Report has been published

Last Friday 6th of April, eco-union and the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) organized a presentation of the report at Casa Árabe in Madrid. The 24th of April the findings will be discussed with the Union for the Mediterranean in Barcelona. The Green Finance in the Mediterranean report has been developed together by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and…
eco-union
19 April, 2018
Energy and Climate ChangeNews

200+ GROUPS: STOP FUNDING FOSSILS AT ONE PLANET SUMMIT

Multilateral Development Banks and G20 Nations Must Stop Funding Fossils To the leaders of the multilateral development banks and G20 nations, As more than 200 civil society organizations from over 55 countries, we urge all multilateral development banks and G20 nations to commit to phase out subsidies and public finance for fossil fuels as soon as possible, with a total…
eco-union
14 December, 2017
News

Conclusions of the Blue eco-forum 2017

 The second edition of the Blue eco forum tackled problems regarded to environmental Governance and Marine Litter in the Mediterranean Sea The Blue Economy Euro-Mediterranean Forum took place the past November 24th at the Maritime Museum of Barcelona and within the framework of the European Waste Prevention Week Experts from the region analyzed environmental governance mechanisms, the increasing problem that…
eco-union
5 December, 2017
Energy and Climate ChangeGreen EconomyNews

COP23 eco-union side events

During the celebration of the COP23, eco-union will co-organize and participate in 3 side-events held in the city of Bonn next Saturday, November 11th. The new report State of the Green Finance in the Mediterranean, made by IEMED and eco-union, will be officially presented seizing the opportunity that represents this 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference. We are pleased to…
eco-union
9 November, 2017
News

Communication related to the political conflict between Catalonia and Spain

Eco-union, as a player in Catalan, Spanish and European civil society, deeply regrets the latest events related to the political conflict between the governments of Catalonia and Spain. Violence against people and imprisonment of citizens cannot and should never be the answer to any kind of situation. We advocate dialogue and negotiation to resolve disagreements within a democratic framework of…
eco-union
19 October, 2017