12. Stresses that post-COVID-19 recovery and reconstruction strategies must be the

opportunity to move forward with environmentally friendly. Including climate change

issues and certificated emission trading schemes in post-COVID-19 recovery strategies

leads to fairer, resilient and climate-neutral economies. Recalls that the carbon footprint

of the richest 1% is currently 35 times higher than the 1.5°C target of the Paris

Agreement, while the poorest populations are more exposed to the effects of climate

change. Tackling climate change must therefore be accompanied by a better

redistribution of wealth.

13. Recognises that economic, social and health recovery requires the transition to a

new sustainable economic model that considers ways to deal with climate change

through the circular economy, promoting renewable energy, prioritising investment in

environmental services, creating new jobs and adapting to climate change.

14. Stresses the need to ensure the stability of the climate system in order to reduce

the risks of natural disasters and to ensure that populations on the planet do not suffer

further deterioration of the environmental conditions in which they live. There is a

progressive global recognition of the benefits of a stable climate and of avoiding that

the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere leads to changes

in the Earth’s biogeochemical cycles, leading to an intensification of negative impacts

on various human activities and exacerbating biodiversity loss.

15. Emphasises that the implementation of an efficient and effective fight against

climate change requires the mobilization by developed countries of the necessary

financial and technological means for the benefit of developing countries in the

Mediterranean region.

16. Is alarmed that Mediterranean forests have undergone severe degradation and

are increasingly threatened by climate change, population growth, forest fires and water

shortages. Stresses the importance of continuously investing in reforestation and

restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems, including Posidonia, a species endemic to

the Mediterranean, as a means of combating and barring extreme drought phenomena,

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