Born and raised in Beirut, Marwan Kaiss is the Mayor of the Batloun Municipality, 45km inland from Lebanon’s bustling capital city. Passionate about preparing Lebanon for the future, he returned to university at 53 years old and completed his Masters at the age of 60 and was then elected to his current position.
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El Guettar commune in Tunisia, developing climate actions ideas for its ongoing SEACAP
El Guettar commune in Tunisia and its team in charge of the Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP) development, was invited on the July 6th, 2020 by the Clima-Med project team, to participate in an online workshop
European Union Delegation visit to Nabeul within the framework of the Clima-Med project and other EU projects
On March 12, 2020, Mr. Jean Pierre Sacaze and Mr. Quentin Peignaux in charge of the Environment, Energy and Climate Programme at the European Union Delegation to Tunisia visited Nabeul commune.
Prize for Cities
The Prize for Cities invites submissions from initiatives and projects that show how to live and thrive in a changing climate by tackling both the climate crisis and urban inequality.
Clima-Med and the municipality of Tangier discussed cooperation on Climate and Energy Projects
M. Idris El-Rifi Temsemani, Vice President of Tangier municipality, held a meeting on Friday, January 31, 2020, at the municipality’s headquarters to discuss cooperation options on climate and energy projects.…
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What if we come out stronger?
In such difficult period around the world, and first of all Clima-Med team wishes all its daily partners and their beloved ones a stable and healthy situation, and hopes the…
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Celebrating International Women’s Day
On this day, we celebrate the International Women’s Day with a photo collage to tribute the achievements & collective efforts of female development workers and women from the South Mediterranean,…
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Clima-Med field visits in Jordanian cities: Brainstorming on adaptation and mitigation measures
The Clima-Med experts have conducted from the 8th of January 2020 to the 23th of January 2020, a number of field visits in Jordan that took place in the municipalities’…
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Leading the fight against Climate change high on the agenda of Red Sea Governorate Cities Local Councils
The Clima-Med experts have conducted on the 26th and 27th of January 2020, successful capacity building workshops for 4 cities in the Red Sea Governorate in Egypt that took place…
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2020 Call for Proposals of the Partnership for sustainable cities has been published by DEVCO
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) has launched a call for proposals for cities – Call for Proposals of the Partnership for sustainable cities programme The…
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Financing the green transition: The European Green Deal Investment Plan and Just Transition Mechanism
The European Union is committed to becoming the first climate-neutral bloc in the world by 2050. This requires significant investment from both the EU and the national public sector, as…
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Clima-Med: Budding eco-warriors fighting climate change*
In the early hours of the morning on a Sunday in November, the weather in Hammam Sousse – a town in the Tunisian Sahel – was decidedly misty. It had…
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