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Adapting to climate change in the Mediterranean: Some Questions and Answers.

Raphaël Billé
Les synthèses de l'Iddri N°01/2008.

In this paper, Raphaël Billé draws on some findings from CIRCE's first stakeholders meeting, organized by IDDRI in October 2007. This meeting was articulated around two key questions:
  • Business models, sector-wide transitions and socio-economic irreversibilities: is there room for manoeuvre?
  • Succeeding where we failed: can the climate challenge be turned into an opportunity?
These questions were examined with regard to three sectors (agriculture, energy and tourism) and two themes (ecosystems protection and urban & regional planning). Important cross-cutting issues for the Mediterranean such as water management, regional security, international migrations, etc., were dealt with in the discussions along the two days.