OVERVIEW : What did Mediterranean countries commit to in view of the COP21?
Kelly ROBIN, Chef de projet Infrastructures et ressources naturelles
Less than a week before the start of the negotiations on climate change, 146 intended nationally determined contributions (INDC) have been communicated, representing 173 countries, in compliance with the decisions 1/CP 19 and 1/CP 20 of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). According to the CAIT Climate Data Explorer, these contributions cover 94.9% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
A strong supporter of regional integration between the Northern, Southern and Eastern shores of the Mediterranean, the Mediterranean World Economic Foresight Institute (IPEMED) is aware of the necessity to reach a global agreement on climate in Paris, but it is also in favour of a regionalisation of the answers to climate change based on principles of proximity and solidarity.
As such, this analysis aims at offering a synthesis of Mediterranean countries’ commitments, through the study of the INDC of the European Union, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan , Israel, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey. Morocco was the first Southern and Easter Mediterranean country to submit its contribution (5 June 2015) and Egypt was the last one (16 November 2015).
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