Climate Change and Security in the Mediterranean

This report summarises the proceedings of the international conference “Climate Change and Security in the Mediterranean: Exploring the Nexus, Unpacking International Policy Responses” organised in the framework of the New-Med Research Network in Barcelona on 17 December 2021. Convened to discuss the multidimensional security implications of the climate emergency in the Mediterranean, the event was co-organised by New-Med, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the OSCE Secretariat and took place in a hybrid format at the UfM’s Headquarters in Barcelona. Part of a larger work programme of research, outreach and dissemination activities on the OSCE’s 2^nd dimension of environmental & economic security carried out by New-Med over the past year, the conference provided the occasion to assess climate trajectories in the Mediterranean and discuss present and future policy options to help mitigate its adverse effects on states and societies in the area.