(AGENPARL) – mar 24 ottobre 2023 Press Release
CoR/23/113.en Brussels, 24 October 2023
Mediterranean regions and cities urge stronger disaster cooperation Local and regional leaders from the three shores of Mediterranean pay tribute to innocent civilian victims in the Middle East. Regional and local politicians from across the Mediterranean have urged national governments to establish a Euro-Mediterranean approach to disaster risk reduction, to ensure that authorities are better prepared for earthquakes, water scarcity, floods and wildfires. The annual plenary meeting of the [Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly ]
(FR/PES), member of the Departmental Council of Aude, said: ” Our Mediterranean area is one of the regions where the effects of global warming will be particularly severe, given our vulnerability to many forms of natural disasters, wildfires, droughts, floods, earthquakes. So far, Euro-Mediterranean civil-protection projects have strengthened cooperation between countries and national civil-protection agencies. It is now time to include local and regional authorities in the governance of civil-protection systems. Their role is crucial in improving resilience to disasters, and also, as we see in these sad days of war, to provide a prompt humanitarian response .” The meeting also saw the adoption of proposals to promote sustainable urban transport. The recommendations draw on case studies of strategies being pursued by two North African capitals – Rabat in Morocco and Tunis in Tunisia – as well as on trends within the European Union. The report also focused on the health aspects of transport policy, which it said needed to be better reflected in national policies. At the municipal level, the report advocates for a shift to electric vehicles, cycling, walking, and micromobility solutions, such as bicycles and scooters, which it describes as an efficient way of resolving the ‘first and last mile’ problem of getting from home to public transport. The report was drafted by Abdelaziz Derouiche, president of the Moroccan Association of Presidents of the Councils of the Prefectures and Provinces, who had presented an earlier draft of his proposals to the [Union for the Mediterranean ]
(FR/PES), member of the Departmental Council of Aude; and “Urban health and sustainable urban mobility in the Mediterranean”, whose rapporteur was Abedelaziz Derouiche, President of the AMPCPP and President of the Prefectural Council of Rabat, Morocco. The
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