NEW GUIDELINES FOR A COMMON APPROACH TO TACKLE MARINE LITTER
The JRC, as co-chair of the Technical Group on Marine Litter, has just released a new edition of the Guidance on Monitoring of Marine Litter in European Seas, first published in 2013. The publication provides recommendations on how to sample, analyse and record marine litter with the aim to make the data comparable and usable across countries. It gives advice on how to monitor litter objects and particles of different sizes on the coastline, seafloor, floating on the surface, and ingested by animals. It also recommends how to assess the presence of organisms wrapped or trapped in marine litter such as abandoned fishing gear
ROBIN DEGRON, IS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF PLAN BLEU
Robin Degron, Referendum Advisor to the Court of Auditors is the new Director of Plan Bleu, he replaces François Guerquin since January 1, 2024.
A former student of ENA (Promotion Romain Gary) and ENGREF, Robin Degron has held several positions in decentralized services, operators and central services of the Ministry of the Environment (ONF, DIREN, International Affairs Department, General Commission for Sustainable Development) before being appointed special advisor to the General Commissioner for Strategy and Foresight (France Stratégie). He was notably editor-in-chief of the Environment Report in France and co-editor of the State of Environment Report of the European Environment Agency (EEA) at the time of the Grenelle.
2nd UfM Stakeholder Conference on Sustainable Blue Economy
Three years since the adoption of the landmark 2021 UfM Ministerial Declaration on Sustainable Blue Economy (SBE) and its Roadmap for implementation adopted in 2022, the Conference, 19 and 20 February 2024, Athens, will aim at bringing together a diverse representation of the rich and dynamic stakeholders that make up the Mediterranean SBE community, as key drivers of concrete actions and scalable solutions across the region
Training session on data platforms
On 6 and 7 February 2024, a training session on the main data platforms, co-organized by INFO/RAC and SPA/RAC, was held at ISPRA headquarters in Rome.
Participants in the training session came from Algeria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Lebanon, Egypt and Tunisia.
WATERLANDS : CHARACTERISING SUPPORTIVE GOVERNANCE AND POLICY
This Deliverable, led by Plan Bleu, analyses the importance of governance models in wetland restoration with the aim to support stakeholders in furthering collaborations to upscale wetland restoration.
Assessment Report on Sea Level Rise in Europe
The Assessment Report covers a diverse range of critical aspects related to sea level rise in Europe, adopting an integrated and interdisciplinary approach in assessing state of the art information to consolidate existing knowledge and identify knowledge gaps. It takes the current policy landscape and adaptation planning in Europe as reference and seeks to equip decision makers with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions about protective and adaptive measures against the impacts of rising sea levels.
Some sections of the report are now available for review and open discussion, until February 29, 2024
WES Info – Consolidation activities on Green Banking and support to green investment opportunities to curb plastic waste in Jordan
As part of the EU-funded project “Water and Environment Support (WES) in the ENI Southern Neighbourhood region“, the WES team of environmental experts designed and developed a national activity in Jordan covering “Consolidation activities on Green Banking and support to green investment opportunities to curb plastic waste in Jordan”, providing technical assistance
European Ocean Days
Organised for the first time in 2024, European Ocean Days, Brussels, Belgium, 4-8 march 2024, will be a week of events related to European maritime topics.
It will cover, on separate days over the week, the EU Mission Ocean and Waters, future priorities for Europe’s Seas, blue innovation and investment opportunities, as well as ocean literacy activities.
Scoping Study to Develop a Mediterranean Pilot on Measuring the Sustainability of the Mediterranean Blue Econom
Plan Bleu has published its report entitled “Scoping study for the development of a Mediterranean pilot on measuring the sustainability of the blue economy in the Mediterranean”. The report is in two volumes and proposes a framework adapted to the sustainability of the blue economy in the Mediterranean region.
The first volume is dedicated to an exhaustive literature review and an analysis of existing indicators. It critically examines the shortcomings of current sustainability assessments, paving the way for the development of a flexible and adaptable framework for the region
WES Info – Contribution to the development of a joint public-private roadmap to reduce the use of Single-Use Plastics in Jordan
Within the framework of the EU-funded project “Water and Environment Support (WES) in the ENI Southern Neighborhood region“, the WES team of environmental experts designed and implemented, from May 2021 to December 2023, a national activity covering two topics namely “Curbing Single-Use Plastics (SUPs)” and “Green Banking” in order to support the implementation of the green economy roadmap and green investment opportunities in the waste sector in Jordan, and in particular SUPs
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