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must drive decision-makers to invest in renewable energy, shifting away from fossil fuels and

improving their strategic energy autonomy. Calls once again on member states to cooperate in

order to strengthen energy connections, promoting environmentally friendly renewable energy

and highlighting the Mediterranean region’s potential in renewable energy, particularly

regarding hydrogen and solar energy, for a swift energy transition.

14. Highlights that the energy poverty faced by a large portion of the population in the

Mediterranean area can have severe implications on health, well-being, social inclusion and

quality of life. Member states should cooperate to address this issue, not only to improve the

population’s quality of life and help provide better access to energy but also to be more energy

efficient and, hence, have significant energy savings and protect the climate and biodiversity.

15. Underlines the importance of member states accelerating the transition towards

regenerative economic models that allow decoupling economic growth from resource use.

Considers this transition an essential stepping stone towards keeping resource consumption

within planetary boundaries and, therefore, striving to reduce the consumption footprint and

significantly boost the circular material use rate in the coming decade.

16. Stresses the importance of urban and regional planning cooperation to improve the circular

economy and the relevance of involving all stakeholders to successfully implement waste

management models that allow circular industrial processes, promote individual responsibility,

broadly reduce the environmental footprint and promote a circular economy as the norm.

16. a. Reminds that by 2050 our consumption needs to be fully within planetary boundaries;

stresses that this would only be achieved if the European Union together with the

overconsuming nations multiply their efforts in actions in favour of the environment, such as

climate and biodiversity, and energy efficiency and transition, increase the resource efficiency

by tenfold while respecting the non-toxicity and “do no significant harm” principle.

17. Recognises that biodiversity loss and climate change pose a significant risk to public health

and well-being, and priority should be given to protecting the oceans and biodiversity. Calls

on member states to show ambition to reverse biodiversity loss. Welcomes the historic

adoption, at the COP15 on biodiversity, of the Kunming-Montreal agreement which aims to

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