2024-05-27 01:26:19
For a direct want for actions to reverse the state of affairs earlier than it’s thought of irreversible, the members of the CPMR committee converse, on the event of the acute drought phenomena which, based on the forecasts, will severely take a look at the Mediterranean nations.
Particularly, the President of the Inter-Mediterranean Committee of the CPMR and its members, amongst them the Area of Western Greece represented by the Deputy Regional Governor P.E. of Achaia and Vice-President of the Fee, Fokiona Zaimis, despatched a joint letter (Greece, Albania, Cyprus, Spain, France, Italy, Malta and Morocco) on the topic: “Invitation to Take part in a Constructive Dialogue for options to the drought for the Mediterranean Territories” to the European Commissioners: Elisa Ferreira, for EU Regional Coverage, Wopke Hoekstra, for Local weather Motion and Virginijus Sinkevicius, for Surroundings, Oceans and Fisheries.
Because the letter states amongst different issues: “Our collective concern revolves across the excessive drought state of affairs affecting our lands, which is exacerbated by the looming risk of the local weather disaster. As well as, seasonal forecasts present that the summer season of 2024 is anticipated to be hotter than ordinary, posing vital challenges to water sources. The dire results of drought are evident: agriculture faces vital dangers, endangering meals safety, elevated fireplace dangers threaten lives and habitats, rotting vegetation threatens ecosystems, water provides for human consumption are in danger.
The necessity for instant motion is crucial to handle this example and we search to provoke a constructive dialogue at European stage to handle these challenges and search sustainable options for our areas.
Pressing actions
On this context, the members-Areas of the CPMR Inter-Mediterranean Fee suggest the next primary pressing actions:
Conduct an in depth evaluation of the socio-economic impacts of drought in Mediterranean areas. The position of the European Drought Observatory, managed by the European Fee by the Joint Analysis Centre, is essential.
Promote Analysis & Innovation Investments with extra funding provisions to handle water shortage and drought. Discovering sources for water saving strategies and different water sources and many others. is essential.
As said by the Deputy Regional Governor P.E. Achaia and Vice-President of the Inter-Mediterranean Fee, Fokion Zaimis: “We use each doable means with the European networks during which we take part in an effort to stress the European Fee to make sure that it provides extra sources to environmental points, akin to local weather change, drought, coastal erosion, water administration, and many others., essential points for the Area of Western Greece”.
Accordingly, the Deputy Regional Governor for Sustainable Improvement, Power, Spatial Planning and Surroundings, Stylianos Bletsas identified: “The endeavor of initiatives with a transparent ecological orientation have to be instant. The sustainable dimension of artificial actions have to be additional intensified and there must be a multi-layered inexperienced transformation of the financial system normally. On the identical time, the adoption of fine practices from areas which have carried out profitable tasks to take care of the drought of the Mediterranean lands is a direct necessity. The constant monitoring of the phenomenon and the recording of its information have to be everlasting”.