George Zaimes participated in the 1st MedECC Assessment Report (MAR1) Lead Author meeting that was held in the CNR Center in Milan (Italy) from 4 to 7 March 2019. The network of Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MedECC) has been created in 2015 to complete the gap in terms of information accessible to decision-makers about the Mediterranean environment and the current and future impacts of climate and environmental changes. This meeting gathered 59 participants from 16 countries: Coordinating Lead Authors (CLAs), Lead Authors (LAs) of MAR1, MedECC Steering Committee Members and MedECC partners. George Zaimes is one of the LAs for the “Land-sea interface ecosystems” and the “Terrestrial ecosystems” chapters.