Greening the Islands Foundation
Welcome to our latest news roundup. Clean energy generation has reached historic highs, and new laws are opening sea space for offshore power. As new climate grants open for small island states, shifting Pacific temperatures highlight the urgent need for local resilience. Record acceleration in global clean power fuels the push for COP31 Global …
Record clean energy growth and frontline realities Read More »
The third workshop of GTI’s Empowering Islands Programme turned attention to two resources islands are uniquely placed to exploit: the heat beneath their feet, and the waste they already produce on-site. For territories defined by limited land, high transport costs, and near-total dependence on imported fuel, geothermal and bioenergy offer something solar and wind alone …
Welcome to our latest news roundup where we highlight what’s reshaping island resilience. The gap between climate needs and global funding is widening but structural legal shifts are moving fast. The world’s highest court has established new baselines for state responsibility. At the same time coastal communities are navigating severe funding paradoxes. These verified accounts …
From the Frontlines: Courts, Funding and the Cost of Fossil Fuel Dependence Read More »
Eleven partners. Seven countries. One goal: to fix how Mediterranean islands manage their waste and make sure the solutions travel.EcoMedIslands is a Strategic Territorial Project under the Interreg Euro-MED Programme. It combines smart technology, including IoT monitoring and AI-optimised waste collection, with community behaviour change and circular economy thinking to tackle one of the most …
Why Mediterranean Islands Need Their Own Communication Playbook Read More »
The second workshop of GTI’s Empowering Islands Programme brought together a remarkable cross-section of voices – engineers, academics, financiers, and policymakers – all united around a single question: how do islands actually get to 100% renewable energy? Not in theory, but in practice, with all the constraints of limited land, small grids, remote logistics and …
Key Takeaways from the Empowering Islands Programme Workshop on Solar PV and Storage Read More »
There’s a familiar rhythm to island travel. You arrive, you settle in, you visit the highlights, and you leave with a camera full of photos and a collection of souvenirs that rarely carry the weight of what you actually experienced, while still feeling like you’ve only scratched the surface. But what if the problem …
Transforming Island Travel: From Visits Toward Immersive Experiences Read More »
Welcome to our latest news roundup where we look at the latest breakthroughs for island resilience. The gap between climate needs and global funding is widening but innovation is moving fast. New satellite data has changed what we know about tsunami waves and coastal safety. At the same time Asia just switched on its first …
New Tsunami Science and the Rise of Osmotic Energy Read More »
Welcome to this month’s roundup where islands face the worst climate impacts. Yet they lead the fight for survival. This month brings stark warnings and powerful solutions as communities demand justice. Innovators build new lifelines nature adapts to warming seas. Here is the latest news from the frontlines. Infrastructure failure and survival innovation A …
The EcoMedIslands project is a strategic territorial project under the Greener MED priority of the Interreg Euro-MED Programme. Its ambition is to reposition waste prevention at the top of the waste management hierarchy, enabling Mediterranean islands to transition toward more sustainable, resilient, and circular systems. Bringing together island pilots from Greece, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, …
EcoMedIslands: Rethinking Waste Prevention in Mediterranean Islands Read More »
For decades, islands have been promoted as summer escapes for short stays, crowded beaches, and concentrated demand. Today, a new paradigm is emerging, one that encourages tourists to travel less but stay more, fostering deeper connections with local environments, cultures, and communities. Shaped by geographic isolation, limited resources, rich traditions, and fragile ecosystems, islands are …
