ATHENS: Southern EU leaders on Friday pledged their adherence to the climate targets of the Paris 2015 agreement in an Athens summit that also tackled migration and regional security challenges.
The group, typically known as the Med7 but adding Croatia and Slovenia this year, also reiterated their"firm commitment" to the implementation of the Paris 2015 Agreement, limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and reaching climate neutrality by 2050.
"Deterrence means proper preparation. You have to shore up the land to avert natural disasters," said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. The last summit in 2020 issued a warning to Turkey over its confrontational behaviour in the Mediterranean.
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