June 2023

Communicating the shift towards water resilience

General Assembly Highlights the Past, Present and Future of AMWAJ

The General Assembly of AMWAJ in Barcelona. Photo: AMWAJ Team

The AMWAJ General Assembly was held in Barcelona and online on 13 June.
The REVOLVE team showcased the platform’s recent accomplishments and milestones before offering a glimpse of what the future holds with an exciting and busy agenda in the coming months. The event also featured active participation from AMWAJ members, media partners and organizations working in the Mediterranean, who shared their valuable insights and activities, further enriching the occasion.

REVOLVE

Preparing Parched Catalonia for the New Normal

Sant Romà de Sau. Photo: Carles Paraire/Flickr

The medieval Sant Romà de Sau Church in Catalonia has resurfaced from the shrinking Sau reservoir, becoming a symbol of the region’s water crisis. Climate change is making droughts more frequent and severe in the Mediterranean, which is warming 20% faster than the global average. By 2080, the region’s spring and summer rainfall is projected to decrease by around 30%. Read the joint article by Marta Castillo Sánchez and Jake Threadgould, correspondents at REVOLVE.

Updates

The second Tabadul of 2023 | EU Green Week Edition

The second Tabadul webinar of 2023 took place in Barcelona / online. Photo: AMWAJ Team

“Change needs time” – Annelies Broekman (CREAF)

AMWAJ members including representatives from CREAF, MedWaves and CluBE discussed different campaign and communication strategies to engage people in complex environmental research and knowledge during the second Tabadul of 2023, at EU Green Week. Multidisciplinary case studies about climate change, droughts, plastic waste and marine litter in different regions of the Mediterranean were shared with the audience.

Must listen

Second episode of Dhikraa 

Listen to the new episode of Dhikraa featuring artists Agustín Ortiz and Rosa Llop as they discuss how the current rhythms of life have led us to disconnect from nature and its cycles. Both artists have respectively participated in the first and second editions of the artistic residency ECOTONS, promoted by CREAF – AMWAJ member.

Cyprus is surrounded by the salty waters of the Mediterranean Sea and relies on desalination for as much as 80% of its freshwater supply. AMWAJ – أمواج spoke to several generations of local people to hear about their experience of water scarcity and learn more about their relationship with water on the island.

Agricultora tunecina desherbando un semillero en un invernadero en Kairouan, Túnez. Foto: Mounir Louhaichi, ICARDA, Flickr

Túnez es uno de los principales productores mundiales de aceite de oliva. El sector, vital para un 10% de su población, enfrenta desafíos. Escrito por Chahd Lina Belhadj y publicado en Meshkal, socio mediático de AMWAJ, traducido por Marta Castillo Sanchez del inglés al español.

We call on professionals from the media, business, research and policy to create synergies across and beyond the shores of the Mediterranean to drive coaction towards reliable and sustainable water. Our manifesto is now available in Turkish and Greek. Sign the manifesto in the language that corresponds to you.

Opportunities4u

Project Manager

MedWaves, the UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Center for SCP, formally affiliated with the Waste Agency of Catalonia, is looking for a Project Manager for the MEDPROGRAMME project.

Opportunities4u

Human Resources

Greenpeace MENA is looking for a Human Resources Officer to ensure the human resources department’s operations are running effectively to deliver maximum value to the organization within the region. 

Events4u

Integrative Forest Management

How can we manage our forests in a way that benefits both nature and people? How can we improve the communication and knowledge exchange between stakeholders? Find out at the webinar organized by EFI.

Must Read

Chemicals in Plastics

The report provides knowledge on chemicals in plastics and based on compelling scientific evidence calls for urgent action to address chemicals in plastics as part of the global action on plastic pollution.

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.