The Offshore Coalition for Energy and Nature – Mediterranean Sea (Med OCEaN) is today proud to announce a new Member: eco-union. Based in Barcelona, eco-union is an independent environmental Think and Do Tank aiming to promote environmental integrity while ensuring social inclusion and economic development through better policies and practices supported by science, evidence, and multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Operating mainly in Europe and the Mediterranean region, eco-union aims to foster a new environmental culture in people and organizations, through research, training and cooperation. It proposes to generate change agents among companies, institutions, administrations, opinion leaders, managers, professionals and citizens in general to catalyze the transition towards sustainability.Joining as a new RGI member, the Independent Power Transmission Operator of Greece (IPTO) is a public organisation supervised by the Ministry of Environment & Energy. IPTO is responsible for the operation, monitoring, maintenance, and development of the Hellenic Electricity Transmission System, aiming to ensure safe and undisrupted power supply across the country.

Jeremie Fosse, Co-founder and President, eco-union, on joining Med OCEaN:

“Our beloved Mediterranean region is suffering dramatically from the impacts of climate change. We have to accelerate the decarbonisation of our economy by investing massively – and responsibly – in renewable energy. Med OCEaN is a unique opportunity to ensure that the deployment of offshore wind energy brings co-benefits for the climate, biodiversity, and local communities all together.”