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This op-ed by Gaetano Leone, Coordinator, Mediterranean Action Plan of the United Nations Environment Programme, Barcelona Convention Secretariat, first appeared on 24 August 2020 with the title "A roadmap to cut shipping emissions in the Mediterranean" in EURACTIV Lire en français

This op-ed by Gaetano Leone, Coordinator, Mediterranean Action Plan of the United Nations Environment Programme, Barcelona Convention Secretariat, first appeared in Spanish in El País

EDITORIAL By Gaetano Leone, Coordinator, UNEP/MAP—Barcelona Convention Secretariat The last time I wrote for MED-NEWS, our MAP system newsletter, COVID-19 was still rising on the horizon as an unprecedented global threat. We are now beginning to come to terms with the hefty toll that the pandemic has taken through loss of life, human suffering and massive economic disruptions in our region.

Marking World Oceans Day in the Mediterranean: a message from Gaetano Leone, Coordinator, UNEP/MAP—Barcelona Convention Secretariat

Article by Gaetano Leone, Coordinator, UN Environment Programme / Mediterranean Action Plan - Barcelona Convention Secretariat Words matter, especially when they are committed to paper at the intergovernmental meeting of ministers and senior officials representing 21 Mediterranean countries and the European Union.

By Gaetano Leone, UN Environment/MAP Coordinator

The UN Environment/Mediterranean Action Plan system will mark World Oceans Day, which aims at raising awareness about the crucial role that the oceans play in poverty eradication, global food security, human health, economic development and the global response to climate change.