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The call for self-nominations of Coordinating Lead Authors, and Lead Authors for the 1st MedECC Assessment Report (MAR1) on current state and risks of climate and environmental change in the Mediterranean is open now. We invite self-nominations from experts from…...

Arthur Wyns | 21st May 2018 The UN climate summit, which tool place in Germany this month, saw slow but steady progress on setting up the rules to implement the Paris Agreement. ARTHUR WYNS provides a comprehensive summary of the…...

Scientific Publications

García-Nieto AP, Geijzendorffer I,  Baró F, Roche P, Bondeau A, Cramer W (2018) Impacts of urbanization around Mediterranean cities: changes in ecosystem service supply. Ecological Indicators, 91, 589-606 Go to article Highlights We assessed the impact of urbanisation on ES supply over the period 1990–2012. The…...

Scientific Publications

Abstract We have developed a new coastal database for the Mediterranean basin that is intended for coastal impact and adaptation assessment to sea-level rise and associated hazards on a regional scale. The data structure of the database relies on a…...

Malek Z, Verburg PH, Geijzendorffer IR, Bondeau A, Cramer W (2018) Global change effects on land management in the Mediterranean region. Global Environmental Change, 50, 238-254 Go to article Highlights We present land change scenarios for the Mediterranean driven by global change. Yield…...

Hochman A, Harpaz T, Saaroni H, Alpert P. The seasons’ length in 21st century CMIP5 projections over the eastern Mediterranean. Int J Climatol. 2018;38:2627–2637. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5448 Abstract The eastern Mediterranean (EM) is expected to be influenced by climate changes that will…...