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Centre for the Cooperation in the Mediterranean What we do Climate Change and Environment

Climate Change and Environment

Climate Change and Environment

Climate Change and Environment


The climate and environmental crisis is one of the RC/MLR Movement's five global challenges for the next decade, as outlined in its new 2030 Strategy A challenge of vital importance for the Mediterranean basin, being one of the regions most affected by its impacts.​

CWB - Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente

 

It is one of the focus areas for the Mediterranean National Societies which are multiplying their actions to reduce the impacts of the crises and maximize the environmental sustainability of their work.

The Centre for the Cooperation in the Mediterranean supports National Societies to increase capacity to understand climate and environmental risks and opportunities and mobilize positive action on the climate crisis, to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and compensate their footprint.

CWB - Apoyo y desarrollo de cursos de formación 

Main activities

 

Reduction: A pedagogical carbon footprint calculator


Within the framework of promoting actions to mitigate climate change and reduce our environmental impact, a pedagogical tool has been developed to calculate the carbon footprint. The tool is part of an educational project with the following objectives:

 

  • To promote a greater and better understanding of the organizational footprint

  • To provide an estimated measurement of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of Mediterranean National Societies - both at local and national level - to reflect on the points where to act, contributing to decision-making on sustainable practices and reduction and compensation strategies: “What is not calculated does not exist”

  • To raise awareness among volunteers and staff on the direct and indirect emissions they generate and promote environmental awareness and responsibility.

Click here to discover REDuction
 

Online Course on climate change and mitigation actions

The online course, developed in 2020, targeting primarily young people, aims to strengthen knowledge on climate change, humanitarian consequences and impacts, strategies to address the climate crisis with a focus on mitigation, and in particular on the strategic and operational response framework of the RC/RC Movement. The course, has a self-learning methodology, with a high level of interactivity; it consists of 4 modules and a final evaluation.

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“Greening the Red” contest

 

The contest aims to encourage young people to develop actions in their National Societies to promote greater awareness and better understanding of the climate and environmental crises, and to launch initiatives that transform the way we work and reduce our environmental footprint.

The contest has been launched annually since 2020.Click here to know about previous winning proposals

 

Click here to know about previous winning proposals.