The Blue Plan announces the publication of a new « Blue Plan Notes » on water
This new Blue Plan « 4 pages » focuses on the growing pressure being exerted on water resources by increased demand as well as on trends and the escalation of problems exacerbated by the effects of climate change. It explains the non-sustainable nature of current forms of resource use and the potential gains to be made through efforts to save water. Finally, it concludes with the main obstacles hampering the genuine implementation of water demand management policies and strategies.

The Blue Plan, AECID and the AFD sign a protocol of agreement on setting up a framework for cooperation
On 16th December, 2008, at AECID headquarters in Madrid, Juan Pablo De Laigesia and Gonzalez De Peredo, Director of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), Jean-Michel Severino, Director General of the French Development Agency (AFD) and Henri-Luc Thibault, Director of Blue Plan, signed a framework agreement on cooperation.

The Plan Bleu has organized the 22 and 23 of October 2008 a seminar in Marseilles about climate change in the Mediterranean. 19 Mediterranean countries were represented.
Organised within the framework of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development’s work and picking up on the lead given by the heads of State and Government at the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean on 13 July 2008, this meeting first and foremost demonstrated the affirmed wish of Mediterranean stakeholders to adopt a collective approach to tackling climate change issues in the region.

The Blue Plan organizes a regional seminar "Climate change in the Mediterranean" the 22 and 23 of October 2008
The Blue Plan announces the organization of a regional workshop held in Marseilles the 22 and 23 of October on the topic « Climate Change in the Mediterranean ». The set of works will be shared and debate in the presence of about fifty experts and specialists of different fields. At the end of the workshop a program of works and/or actions to take on a near future will be established.

The Blue Plan publishes a study on climate change and energy in the Mediterranean
According to the latest IPCC report, the Mediterranean- particularly its Southern and Eastern shores- will be more affected by climate change during the 21 st century than many other regions of the world. Energy lies at the very heart of the climate change issue. This is what the study shows by providing a full picture of the issues at stake and the challenges which Mediterranean countries will face.

The Blue Plan publishes a new analysis of sustainable development to feed debate at the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean on 13 July 2008
This document draws on the Blue Plan’s work on the environment and sustainable development in the Mediterranean to show what changes have come about over recent decades. It is intended to draw attention to the main risks related to the persistence of current trends and to call for action by proposing strategic guidelines to better reconcile environment and development and to strengthen solidarity between the various shores. It will be presented to all those attending the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean on 13 July 2008.