First Mediterranean Newsletter of the Year!🌊📩 Don’t miss it!
Meet our advisory board, discover science film festivals, find job opportunities & read our new articles, in this newsletter! 💧📃✍️
Communicating the shift towards water resilience
Updates
World Water Day 2023: Accelerating Change
World Water Day is celebrated annually on March 22 to draw attention to the importance of freshwater and to advocate for the sustainable use of freshwater resources. This World Water Day 2023 is about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis.
And because water affects us all, we need everyone to take action. That means you! This is a once-in-a-generation moment for the world to unite around water.
Unlike Malta which still has some (rapidly depleting) groundwater aquifer reserves, Lampedusa has no freshwater resources. The island needs renewable energy for sustainable water access. But…how? Read Stuart Reigeluth’s article on energy-efficient technologies being implemented in Lampedusa for treating wastewater!
Alessandra Sensi, head of the environment, green and blue economy sector at the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), spoke with Al Ahram about the complex challenges facing the Mediterranean region from climate change, pollution and economic hardship. Find out more about what Sensi pointed out in the article below!
The Mediterranean, a sea to be protected: Conference
Join the Parc National des Calanques and Plan Bleu on the 2nd of February for the conference ‘The Mediterranean, a sea to be protected’. The event will take place in Marseille.
The UN 2023 Water Conference will take place at the United Nations headquarters in New York from 22 to 24 March 2023. Registrations are open until the 10th of February. Check the information and requirements below!
The Cyprus Hybrid University is organizing an online course for postgraduate students, young scientists, members of a MAB Youth Group, educators or staff working on Biosphere Reserves.
Research Associate/PhD: Machine learning for hydro-climatic haz
SEI HQ’s Water, Coasts and Ocean team is offering a unique opportunity to earn a PhD degree in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Technology as part of the first four years of employment at SEI.
Goethe Institute is organizing the Science Film Festival, a celebration of science communication in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Don’t miss it!
ICARDA is looking for a Senior Research Assistant – Land and Water Management to support research activities within the Soil, Water, and Agronomy (SWA) Team in Egypt.
AMWAJ stands for A Mediterranean Water And Journalism platform for sustainable development. We aspire to build an energy and water community around the Mediterranean. An initiative by REVOLVE.
