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The Cyprus Institute (CyI) was among the winners of a Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) Award, awarded in recognition of CyI’s research and educational activities in addressing the Climate Crisis and advancing mitigation actions in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) region.
A press release issued by the CyI, said that its President, Prof. Stavros Malas accepted the award during the 2024 Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) Award Ceremony, held on 15th of May 2024 in Braga, Portugal, during the 18th PAM Plenary Session.
In his speech, Malas thanked the President and μembers of PAM and said that this distinction is a result of the hard work of The Cyprus Institute’s researchers, who, in collaboration with other researchers worldwide and under the guidance of former CyI President, Prof. Costas Papanicolas, drafted the Regional Action Plan to address the impacts of Climate Change in the EMME countries.
Malas emphasized that the countries in the EMME region need to invest much more in research and innovation to address the impacts of the Climate Crisis, as these will continue to exist for hundreds of years, even if humanity achieves the goals set for climate neutrality.
The Regional Action Plan is an initiative of the Republic of Cyprus that started in 2019 and presented at the COP27 Summit, held on November 8, 2022, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. At the Summit, ten countries of the EMME region declared the official launch of the Climate Change Initiative. The Declaration was adopted by Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, and the State of Palestine.
The next steps will be discussed at the International Conference on the Climate Crisis in the EMME region, co-organized by The Cyprus Institute with the Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts, on September 26-28, 2024, in Larnaca. The Conference, under the auspices of the President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, will be attended by experts in research and policy on the Climate Crisis from around the world, the press release noted.
