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July 15, 2020

The limit of a 1.5ºC increase in the average temperature, not to be surpassed as determined by the Paris Agreement, is already being exceeded in the Mediterranean region, according to the first-ever scientific report on the impact of climate and environmental change in the Mediterranean, a science-policy interface that the UfM (Union for Mediterranean) jointly supports with the UN Environment Programme. Facing the unprecedented situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic, UfM Members States, scientific experts, civil society representatives and other relevant climate actors gathered at the 2020 UfM Mediterranean Climate Week to discuss key climate-related issues.    

The meeting was an opportunity for the UfM to present its Climate Action Plan for the period 2021-2025. The main focus of its work is the reinforcement of the Science – Society – Policy nexus, including the role of youth, the active regional participation in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the Paris Agreement, to be submitted this year, and the mobilization of climate finance. Read more