Perspectives in resource management and climate change adaptation in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean
This policy paper focuses on the sustainable management of some key natural resources, such as water, ecosystems and biodiversity in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMCs) under climate change and anthropogenic pressures, in order to avert negative consequences for agriculture, food security, tourism and development. It asserts that proper adaptation strategies are shown to be effective in reconciling resource conservation with GDP, trade and population growth, and calls for them to be implemented in different ways: technological, institutional, behavioural and at different levels: regional, national and international. The paper also takes on the role of coordinating these different bilateral actions and at the same time support SEMCs to establish a structured programme focused on the communication and dissemination of emerging best practices.