- Having regard to the conclusions of the commitments reiterated by the Contracting Parties

on the occasion of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in

Glasgow;

- Having regard to the Declaration adopted on 4 October 2021 in Cairo by the 42 Member

countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) at the 2nd UfM Ministerial Conference on

Environment and Climate action.

The Speakers of the UfM Parliaments:

1. Agree that avoiding a dangerous future for the Region requires ambitious, urgent and

coordinated decision-making in the field of the fight against global warming;

2. Recognise that in view of the global nature of climate change, no country can face this

challenge by itself and that only a coordinated effort by all partners of the northern and southern

shores of the Mediterranean can bring tangible results and improvements;

3. Stress the importance that all UfM Member States and partners firmly reiterate their

commitment to the goals defined in the Paris Agreement and the UN’s Sustainable

Development Goals and take concrete, tangible and measurable actions to that end;

4. Emphasise that climate change and its impact can be substantially reduced through an

ambitious global mitigation policy compatible with the mitigation goal of the Paris Agreement

and with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals;

5. Stress that coastal settlements, cultural heritage sites, and terrestrial and marine ecosystems

will be maintained in a sustainable state in most areas of the Mediterranean basin only if global

warming is kept well below two degrees;

6. Agree to pursue an ambitious strategy of ecological transition, notably through innovative

and ambitious techniques. It is urgent to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt

energy policies and economic models in order to mitigate climate change;

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