When Extreme Drought Becomes Commonplace eos.org/research-spotl…

🙌Excited to announce the first-ever UfM Mediterranean Green Week ♻️, where we'll address the critical issues of climate change, biodiversity loss & sustainable development, among others!

🤝We'll bring together governments, businesses, civil society, youth, scientists, and more…

How to end the suffering & find sustainable solutions in the #MiddleEast was the focus of my mtg w/ Espen Barth Eide.

The Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee co-chaired by EU & Norway is a key forum in this context.

Need to move from managing crises to implementing the two-state solution.

👉At UN Ocean Decade Conference, Mr. Almotaz Abadi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Union for the Mediterranean, highlighted the importance to build a cooperative whole of society approach on the regional level.

👀Follow online: ow.ly/4i7f50Rc9lQ

I welcome Catherine Colonna report on UNRWA that recognises the agency as an irreplaceable and indispensable humanitarian lifeline for the Palestinian people. 🧵
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I join Catherine Colonna in strongly encouraging the international community to stand by the agency, so that it can carry out its mission with adequate funding.

The #EU will help UNRWA to swiftly implement recommendations on how to address persisting neutrality-related issues.

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We are glad to be present at this important hearing today!
Deputy SG Almotaz Abadi gave an overview of our pillars of action ♻️ to address the #water crisis through a gender lens:

👉Policy makers - developing policies that consider the unique challenges faced by women & girls…

This #EarthDay , remember:
💧We see more floods & droughts, life is disappearing from rivers & seas, crops are failing

And the reason is:
💧The water cycle is spinning out of balance, worsened by #ClimateChange

That's why we need to be more #WaterWiseEU 👉europa.eu/!p6hkwy

The leaders of 10 multilateral development banks today announced joint steps to work more effectively as a system and increase the impact and scale of their work to tackle urgent development challenges.

ebrd.com/news/2024/mult…

1⃣3⃣ #Aquaculture Success Stories from #Africa !

Aquaculture has been identified as key to meet the fast growing need for food and jobs on this continent

Be inspired💡by examples of responsible practices and investments in this Fisheries & Aquaculture report👉shorturl.at/cdpvN

A phone conversation was held this afternoon between the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs & Expatriates Dr. Mohammad Mustafa and the Minister of Europe & Foreign Affairs of #France Stéphane Séjourné. 🇫🇷 🇵🇸
During their phone exchange, Prime Minister Mustafa…

Merci 🙏

تشرفت باستقبال الاخ العزيز سعادة المعتز عبادي نائب الأمين العام للاتحاد من أجل المتوسط للمياه والبيئة على هامش مشاركته بمؤتمر (محيطنا) الذي عقد بمدينة اثينا. Almotaz Abadi

Addressed the #SecurityCouncil .

Called for a preparatory peace conference for the rest of the world to help Israelis and Palestinians to the #2StateSolution by reverse-engineering peace.

But FIRST, NOW, killing and famine need to end, hostages freed and regional war averted.

Was excellent opportunity to speak alongside with the distinguished
Speaker. HSH Orince Albert Government of Monaco and HE Olga Kefalogianni Ελληνική Κυβέρνηση and many others to speak on the unique ufm Union for the Mediterranean framework lead by EU European Commission and #Jordan with the 43 MS. Focusing on what…

🤝UfM Deputy-SG Almotaz Abadi met today with Teresa Ribera 🌹, 🇪🇸Minister for the Environment (@mitecogob) in the margins of the 9th Ocean Conservancy Conf in Athens 🇬🇷.

We were glad to hear Spain's political & financial commitment to the Blue Med Partnership 🌊, and exchange ideas on the…

The Prime Minister meets with over 50 members of the diplomatic corps and representatives of international organizations and institutions operating in Palestine.

•He briefed them on the danger of the ongoing attacks by settlers in the #WestBank and the aggression on #Gaza .…

Thank you to the 4,500 ocean enthusiasts and change-makers who joined us in-person and online for making #OceanDecade 24 a success!

👉Find the day-by-day highlights and overall summary of the 2024 #OceanDecade Conference, compiled by Earth Negotiations Bulletin, here: ow.ly/xMO950Rg8z4

🤝Together for #OceanDecade24 AEF's Executive Director, Paul Walton and Almotaz Abadi, Deputy Secretary-General Union for the Mediterranean joining forces on Ocean and Blue Economy.

🎯Top of our shared agenda: Youth-led blue entrepreneurship; mobilizing blue finance/investment to scale up…

The #UfM will be attending the 9th Our Ocean Conference in Athens, Greece from April 16-17, 2024. We're eager to contribute to the theme 'An Ocean of Potential' and the key action areas. More info: state.gov/our-ocean-conf…

Almotaz Abadi Grammenos Mastrojeni Department of State