The French Environment and Energy Management Agency organizes, in conjunction with the Union for the Mediterranean, Plan Bleu and the Agency for Sustainable Mediterranean Cities and Territories, the 2nd edition of the Mediterranean Climate Change Adaptation Awards.

This competition rewards specific actions developed to adapt the regions of the Mediterranean basin to deal with climate change, which constitutes a clear challenge for the area’s ecosystems and economies. The competition is open to both public and private stakeholders advancing actions to tackle this task. These actions can involve infrastructure-related approaches, measures linked to ecosystem services, or non-structural approaches, such as ones aimed at raising awareness and promoting governmental changes. Applications may be submitted until March 20th. You can learn more on the competition’s modalities here: https://www.medadapt-awards.com/en/home/

Key Competition Dates

Opening date: 22 November 2018. Application deadline: 20 March 2019. Meeting of juries: March 2019. Finalists’ presentations: April 2019. Awards Ceremony: end of May. ECCA 2019 (Lisbon – Portugal) or end of June. Sommet des deux rives (Marseille – France).

Benefits

Personalised support from the partners (study tour, meetings with technical and financial partners). Invitations to two international workshops in 2020 (TBD.) International promotion of your actions (press communications, publication, short movie).

Participants

This competition is aimed at organisations within the Mediterranean bioclimatic zone:

- Local authorities

- National bodies

- Public universities

- NGOs in partnership with local public stakeholders

- Companies or members of the private sector in partnership with local public stakeholders