Mediterranean Pavilion at COP29: A unified voice for urgent climate action and innovative solutions
The COP29 hosted the Mediterranean Pavilion, an initiative conceived by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) in partnership with UNEP/MAP to highlight both the urgent challenges the Mediterranean is currently facing, and the innovative solutions being developed, raising awareness of a region.
A highlight of the Pavilion was the presentation by MedECC, an independent network of over 600 Euro-Mediterranean climate and environmental scientists from 35 countries. They shared the latest findings on the impacts of climate and environmental change on coastal zones and the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems nexus. Their research indicates that by 2100, up to 20 million people could be displaced due to sea-level rise.