The
Mediterranean Sea region has become a climate change hotspot, meaning that it
will suffer multiple stresses and systemic failures due to climate changes.
That’s what emerged from the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) released in 2013. It estimated an increase in surface
mean air temperature of 2-4oC, 10-20% decreases in mean annual
precipitation, increased risk of desertification, soil degradation, changes in
species composition, etc., thus foreseeing serious losses on agricultural and
forests production.
As
a response, “The Convention for the
Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the
Mediterranean” (Barcelona Convention) released the Regional Climate Change
Adaptation Framework (RCCAF) at the 19th Meeting of the Contracting Parties in
February 2016, urging for action.
Under
this framework, the project aims to support UNEP/MAP in the preparation of the project document for the project
‘Enhancing regional climate change adaptation in the Mediterranean Marine and
Coastal Areas’, funded by the GEF-Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF).
OIKO
LOGICA is extremely pleased to be supporting UNEP/MAP in this important
project. In fact, our work will provide a great help to the Mediterranean
Regions in facing the challenges of climate change adaptation, especially in
the marine and coastal environment.