Events

The international Cassandra conference hosted by the Eurecat technology centre has underscored the need to fast-track joint efforts by the private and public sectors, society and scientists to roll out long-term solutions founded on consensus and trust to tackle the Mediterranean’s environmental challenges. “Maybe it’s time for scientists and other key stakeholders in the responses [...]

Climate change will further exacerbate poverty and lack of opportunities for women, who on average tend to be worse off in terms of poverty, education, health and restricted immediate access to and ownership of natural resources. This was made evident today on the second day of the international Cassandra conference hosted by the Eurecat technology centre [...]

The first day of the international Cassandra conference, hosted by the Eurecat technology centre, warned of rising migration and conflict in the Mediterranean due to climate change, which the World Bank says has turned water scarcity into a trigger for growing involuntary displacement and economic and social inequalities. In her talk, Esha Zaveri, senior economist [...]