Integrating climate Integrating climate change vulnerability and change vulnerability and

adaptation into adaptation into international waters international waters

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Marieta SakalianMarieta SakalianRegional Programme Coordinator Europe/CISRegional Programme Coordinator Europe/CISUNEP Division of GEF CoordinationUNEP Division of GEF Coordination

Integrating climate change vulnerability Integrating climate change vulnerability and adaptation into international waters and adaptation into international waters

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DDespite the lack of espite the lack of a large a large window of opportunity for window of opportunity for Europe/CIS countriesEurope/CIS countries to address adaptation, UNEP is to address adaptation, UNEP is assisting these countriesassisting these countries to integrat to integratee climate change climate change vulnerability and adaptation into other focal areasvulnerability and adaptation into other focal areas

Integrating climate change vulnerability Integrating climate change vulnerability and adaptation into international waters and adaptation into international waters

projectsprojects●● Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine

Ecosystem – Regional Component: Implementation of agreed Ecosystem – Regional Component: Implementation of agreed actions for the protection of the environmental resources of the actions for the protection of the environmental resources of the

Mediterranean Sea and its coastal areasMediterranean Sea and its coastal areas (Albania, Bosnia-(Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey,Turkey, AlgeriAlgeria.a.

The Partnership serves as a catalyst in leveraging policy/legal/ The Partnership serves as a catalyst in leveraging policy/legal/ institutional reforms as well as additional investments for institutional reforms as well as additional investments for reversing degradation of the Mediterranean Sea Basin, with its reversing degradation of the Mediterranean Sea Basin, with its coastal habitats and marine living resources.coastal habitats and marine living resources.

Integrating climate change vulnerability Integrating climate change vulnerability and adaptation into international waters and adaptation into international waters

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●● Integration of climatic variability and change into national Integration of climatic variability and change into national strategies to implement the ICZM Protocol in the strategies to implement the ICZM Protocol in the Mediterranean, Mediterranean, Albania,Albania, Algeria, Algeria, CroatiaCroatia, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, , Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Montenegro,Montenegro, and Tunisia. The Palestinian Authority also participates. and Tunisia. The Palestinian Authority also participates.

Components: Components: 1.1. Development of regional climate variability monitoring Development of regional climate variability monitoring

programme underwayprogramme underway 2.2. Strengthened knowledge baseStrengthened knowledge base3.3. Strengthened partnerships, capacity and exchange support Strengthened partnerships, capacity and exchange support

the implementation of the ICZM protocol and the implementation of the ICZM protocol and dissemination of project experiences and lessonsdissemination of project experiences and lessons