COP31 MEDITERRANEAN PAVILION IN ANTALYA, TÜRKIYE (9-20 Nov, 2026)
Raising awareness of the Climate challenges in the Mediterranean
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is joining forces with other Mediterranean stakeholders to organize and promote a Mediterranean Pavilion of the UN Conference of the Parties CoP31, that is bound to gather public and private stakeholders
The Pavilion’s mission is clear: to present a united Mediterranean contribution to the UN climate process, ensuring that the region’s unique challenges and solutions are visible, heard, and influential.
COP31 will be a landmark edition, marking the first time the COP takes place on the shores of the Mediterranean. Hosted and presided over by Türkiye, a UfM Member State, this “homecoming COP” carries particular strategic and symbolic weight for the region. It also coincides with the 10 year anniversary of the Paris Agreement and 20 years since the Kyoto Protocol entered into force. In an increasingly fragmented geopolitical context, reaffirming and strengthening multilateralism has rarely felt more urgent if the world is to stay on track to limit warming to 1.5°C.
The Mediterranean is a recognized climate hotspot, warming 20% faster than the global average and facing mounting pressure from extreme heat, water scarcity, rising sea levels and biodiversity loss. These pressures act as threat multipliers, deepening existing social, economic and political strains and putting the region’s security, prosperity and resilience at risk.
The Mediterranean Pavilion at COP31 will serve as a shared space for all Mediterranean stakeholders, from Member States to academia, the private sector and civil society. It will be an inclusive and dynamic platform that showcases the region’s leadership and commitment to climate action and sustainable development, and reflects this edition’s significance as a true homecoming moment for the Mediterranean on the global stage.
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A Welcome Message from the UfM Secretary General
The Mediterranean Pavilion is fundamentally a multi-stakeholder coalition effort, and it will continue to expand this inclusive approach at COP31.
The partners include the European-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA), Interreg NEXT MED, MedECC, MedWaves, UNEP – Mediterranean Action Plan (UNEP-MAP) and the Generalitat de Catalunya.
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CELEBRATING THE MEDITERRANEAN
Flagships projects and initiatives in the Mediterranean
A call for ideas to select the best projects to develop the energy transition path and solve the industry’s challenges in the Mediterranean region is being launched by OMC organizers and FEEM – Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
The aim is to promote and award research and technological innovation in the field of sustainable energy with focus on the Mediterranean region, helping new generations of researchers and young professionals to emerge, supporting their work. The promotion of new alliances across the Med is key to accelerate the transition towards a low carbon and sustainable future. The call is selecting projects from universities, academic institutions, research and technology centres from the region.
For information contact: conference@omc.it
In the programme of events at Ecomondo, point of reference for the Green and Circular Economy, Africa is present with its rapid and necessary transformation. Ecomondo organizes Africa Green Growth with the support of Res4Africa, a forum that promotes the conditions to boost investment in Africa, accelerate the energy and ecological transition and enable companies to enter this market. “Innovative and sustainable initiatives for African countries” and “Green Hydrogen” are the main focuses. Join the Forum at Ecomondo, 10th November in Rimini.
By specifically targeting the Sophia Antipolis agglomeration (CASA) in the South of France, this project aims at highlighting the international agreements and national legal commitments for climate change adaptation while considering the local value systems to establish a set of co-constructed proposals to be transcribed into local urban planning documents. Funded by Fondation de France, this project is led by Plan Bleu, in partnership with GREC SUD, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, the Sophia Antipolis agglomeration and its development council
With a total budget of 1,850000 euros over a 4-year period, the project Scaling up forest and landscape restoration seeks to restore biodiversity and promote joint mitigation and adaptation approaches in the Mediterranean. Promoted by the Union for the Mediterranean and promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the project will build regional and national capacity for the implementation of large-scale Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) programmes.
The Mediterranean region warms 20% faster than the rest of the world. With current policies, temperatures are expected to increase 2.2 ºC by 2040. These are some of the alarming conclusions of the ground-breaking findings of the first-ever scientific report on climate and environmental change in the Mediterranean area drafted by the network of scientists MedECC.