Greece's support for the initiative of the Republic of Cyprus to coordinate actions, in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East for Climate Change, expressed the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection of Greece, Christos Stylianides, stressing that we have now entered the Climate Crisis and time is not on our side.
In his remarks during his presence at the 2nd Ministerial Meeting of the Cyprus Republic Initiative, held on Tuesday in Limassol, Mr. Stylianides said that it is an "excellent initiative on the part of the Cyprus Government to coordinate all of us here, in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, to limit the impact of Climate Change".
He underlined that "the common goal is how to prevent the major impacts of the Climate Crisis" saying that it is no coincidence that the Prime Minister of Greece established the new Ministry of Climate Change, as he indicated that "we left Climate Change and went to Climate Crisis."
"That's why we have to run. The climate crisis is running dizzyingly ahead of us. The phenomena we are experiencing and the last few days in Athens again we experienced a similar phenomenon show that our preparations are lagging behind", Christos Stylianides said and stressed that the Cypriot initiative is "an excellent start".
"Greece will definitely support it and we believe that based on the immediate plan and all the scientific initiatives, we will be able together and within the European framework, but also in combination with the cooperation and synergies of all the countries of the region, to at least mitigate the effects and adapt ourselves, all the countries of the region, to the new hard data," he added.
At the beginning of his statement, the Minister of Climate Change and Civil Protection of Greece expressed his condolences on the death of Labour Minister Zeta Emylianidou, saying that "she was a colleague when we were in the Cabinet together and frankly, a person with a great contribution to the country has left. I think words are superfluous."
One country alone does not make a difference, which is why we need regional and international cooperation on global problems, said Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Costas Kadis.
Cyprus, he said, is very pleased to host the 2nd Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, noting that there is representation from almost all 18 participating countries.
Recalling that President Anastasiades' initiative is to bring together the countries of the region to work together to address our common problem, Kadis indicated that "one country alone cannot make a difference. Global problems such as Climate Change need regional and international cooperation."
In addition, he continued, another important feature of the proposal is that it is also based on cooperation with the scientific community.
"That is, the action plan that we are ready to formulate at this meeting, to be adopted in October by the leaders of the countries, is based on the scientific knowledge that has been generated by more than 240 scientists who have worked on this initiative," he added.
Finally, he said that flattering comments have been heard from the observers of other countries that participated in the Summit and expressed the assessment that the proposal of the Republic of Cyprus "has all the prospects to succeed and, if you like, to place Cyprus on the international scene".
Moreover, in his statements, Limassol Mayor Nicos Nicolaides expressed his pleasure that Limassol is hosting this important Summit and assured that Limassol "will do its part in the national, Cypriot and global effort to limit Climate Change and its effects".
"We are here to declare that we are ready to participate with our own role, as a Local Government, as a city, especially in the framework of the 100 climate neutral and smart cities programme," Nicolaides said, recalling Limassol's selection in the Cities Mission programme, which aims to transform 100 European cities into climate neutral and smart cities by 2030.
Source: CNA
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