First Mediterranean Assessment Report – Chapter 6: Managing future risks and building socio-ecological resilience

MedECC has prepared the First Mediterranean Assessment Report (MAR1) on the current state and expected risks of climate and environmental change in the Mediterranean Basin (November 2020). This is the Chapter 6 on future risks management and socio-ecological resilience. The Mediterranean Basin is experiencing major changes in environmental conditions, which can introduce new challenges to the resilience of its natural and human systems. This situation is combined with rapid and spatially diverse socio-economic development in the region, mainly in terms of demographic trends and settlement patterns, thus leading to higher exposure to environmental hazards. Furthermore, new risks are expected to emerge from interactions between drivers and impacts across sectors, thus increasing the vulnerability of natural systems and human populations.This chapter should be cited as: Vafeidis AT, Abdulla AA, Bondeau A, Brotons L, Ludwig R, Portman M, Reimann L, Vousdoukas M, Xoplaki E 2020: Managing future risks and building socio-ecological resilience in the Mediterranean. In: Climate and Environmental Change in the Mediterranean Basin – Current Situation and Risks for the Future. First Mediterranean Assessment Report [Cramer W, Guiot J, Marini K (eds.)] Union for the Mediterranean, Plan Bleu, UNEP/MAP, Marseille, France, pp. 539-588, doi:10.5281/zenodo.7101119