Mediterranean Pavilion at COP27

The Mediterranean Action Plan of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP/MAP) and its Components will participate in the Mediterranean Pavilion in the Blue Zone at UNFCCC COP 27 (6-18 November 2022, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt).

The Mediterranean Pavilion is the first of its kind to be set up at a UN Climate Change Conference. It is an initiative led by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), with UNEP/MAP and the PRIMA Foundation, along with a coalition of institutions dealing with climate action in the region. Two UNEP/MAP components, as well as the network of experts Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MedECC), are co-sponsoring this initiative, namely Plan Bleu (the UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Center specializing in sustainable development) and MedWaves (the UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production), through the Government of Catalonia of Spain and the EU-funded SwitchMed programme.

The UNEP/MAP-organized side events at COP27 Mediterranean Pavilion are as follows: 

Coastal adaptation across the Mediterranean: solutions driven by cities networks

12 November at 11:15

Organizers: the UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre Plan Bleu and the Ocean & Climate Platform with the participation of the co-coordinator of the MedECC special report on coastal risks.

Adaptation in coastal zones: from science to action

12 November at 12:30

Organizers:  the UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre PAP/RAC, with the participation of the UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre Plan Bleu and the co-coordinator of the MedECC Special Report on coastal risks.

1.5 Degree Lifestyle: sustainable consumption policies enabling climate action in the Mediterranean

15 November at 15.00 GMT+2

Organizers: MedWaves, the UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production

Realizing circularity for a just transition to net-zero economies in the Mediterranean

16 November at 15:00 GMT+2

Organizers: MedWaves, the UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production with the participation of Arnau Queralt Bassa (Director of the Advisory Council for the Sustainable Development of Catalonia (CADS)) and MedECC MAR1 Lead Author

Restoration of Mediterranean ecosystems as a tool to limit or reverse the progress of climate change impacts

16 November at 16:15 GMT+2

Organizers: the UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre SPA/RAC

Mediterranean efforts to reduce ship air pollution

17 November at 11:15 GMT+2

Organizers: REMPEC, a UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre of UNEP/MAP jointly administered with the International Maritime Organization