UfM Secretariat
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019)
Reporting Period: 2019
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Climate Change
- Agriculture
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Decreased yields and cropping intensity due to climate change, particularly in rain-fed and highland farming systems.
- Increased water scarcity impacting both rain-fed and irrigated agriculture.
- Higher costs for access to fuel, fertilizers, and adaptation measures in irrigated agriculture.
- Vulnerability of pastoralists to desertification and reduced grazing land.
- Deterioration of soil condition and biodiversity.
- Increased frequency and intensity of droughts and floods.
Mitigation Strategies
- Policy support for adaptation to minimize negative effects of climate change.
- Enhance national technical capacity to assess and integrate specific needs of local farming systems into sectoral development plans.
- Promote exchanges of expertise across Mediterranean countries.
- Address varying challenges and risks faced by different farming systems.
- Examine needs at farm and economic levels, balancing domestic and international food supply chains.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Extreme droughts
- Floods
- Rising sea levels
- Increased salinity of groundwater and soil
Transition Risks
- Higher costs for fuel, fertilizers, and mitigation measures