The Mediterranean Sea region is suffering from the impacts of climate change on its coasts, worsened by rapid urbanization and high rates of deforestation and ecosystem degradation. A project is strengthening the capacities of countries in the region to implement ecosystem-based adaptation, and to access international climate financing with a view to influencing wider development processes. The project is part of the larger $43.4 million GEF-funded Mediterranean Sea Programme: Enhancing Environmental Security (MedProgramme) that aims to reduce major transboundary environmental stresses in the region, strengthen climate resilience and improve the livelihoods of coastal populations. In addition to this project, the MedProgramme includes 6 other child projects aiming to boost environmental security in the region. Learn more about these other projects here.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral fund dedicated to confronting biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, and strains on land and ocean health. Over the past three decades, the GEF has provided more than $22 billion in financing and mobilized another $120 billion for more than 5,000 national and regional projects.