Cms - Clean Mediterranean Sea

Clean Mediterranean Sea! – CMS! is an academic start-up project at the Vienna Forum for Democracy and Human Rights. It was initiated in 2019 by students of law at the University of Vienna. In light of the increasing plastic pollution of the Mediterranean Sea – whose maritime ecosystem is already heavily impacted by the effects of the climate crisis – CMS! has researched the current legal and political measures and initiatives taken by the EU, OSCE and UN as well as the coastal states of the Mediterranean that are designed to counteract this development. With interdisciplinary support from the Austrian marine biology NGO MareMundi and the World Wildlife Fund Austria, as well as contributions by legal scholars from various universities and other academic institutions in coastal states of the Mediterranean Sea, CMS! has conducted interdisciplinary analyses on the topic and developed legal policy proposals and recommendations based on the research findings. The research findings and recommendations will be presented at the CMS! Closing Conference and be addressed to the EU, the OSCE, the UN and the coastal states of the Mediterranean.