Climate Change Data

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