MCAP at COP31

Antalya, Türkiye - November 9-18, 2026

Action & Implementation

Explore the Solutions Bank

At COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, the Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership will showcase the action lead by its member regions across five continents.

This year, MCAP is a sponsor of the Mediterranean Pavilion through the Partnership’s co-chair Catalonia. Together, the Secretariat will host three sessions, highlighting the MCAP’s innovative approaches and tangible successes in tackling wildfire and extreme heat. For more information on the Mediterranean Pavilion, visit the Union for the Mediterranean.

MCAP will also launch its Knowledge Library, which is a living repository of best resilience practice and proven solutions from member regions. This resource will not only showcase the leadership of MCAP member governments, but also facilitate deeper knowledge exchange and speed local implementation.

MCAP Sessions at COP31

Back to Top

MCAP Events

November 11

Leadership Showcase: Subnational Governments & Mediterranean Bioregions

Time: 15:00 - 16:00 (local time)
Venue: Mediterranean Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone

Speakers

  • Sonsoles Letang, Director General for Climate Change and Environmental Quality, Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition, Government of Catalonia

  • Karen Shippey, Chief Director of Environmental Sustainability, Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning

  • Patrizia Bianconi, Senior Expert in Ecological Transition and Climate Change, Cabinet of the President of the Executive Council, Regional Government of Emilia-Romagna

  • Sam Carter, Founding Principal, Resilient Cities Catalyst, Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership (MCAP) Secretariat (Moderator)

November 11

Building Wildfire Resilience through Leadership and Innovation

Time: 16:30 - 17:30 (Requested Arrival: 16:00)
Venue: Mediterranean Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone

Speakers

  • Minister Jaume Duch, Minister of the European Union and Foreign Action of Catalonia

  • Secretary Karen Ross, Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture, State of California

  • Nadia Pellefigue, Vice-President in Charge of Climate, the Green Deal and Sustainable Housing, Regional Government of Occitanie (Région Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée)

  • Nabeel Rylands, Director, Disaster Risk Reduction, Western Cape Government 

  • Sam Carter, Founding Principal, Resilient Cities Catalyst, Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership (MCAP) Secretariat (Moderator)

Back to Top

November 10

Extreme Heat: Tested Actions and Policies from Subnational Governments for Scaling and Replication

Time: 11:30 - 12:30(local time)
Venue: Mediterranean Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone

Extreme Heat: Policy & Practice for Subnational Governments

Time: 11:30 - 12:30 (local time)
Venue: Mediterranean Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone

Speakers

  • Sonsoles Letang, Director General for Climate Change and Environmental Quality, Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition, Government of Catalonia

  • Karen Shippey, Chief Director of Environmental Sustainability, Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning

  • Patrizia Bianconi, Senior Expert in Ecological Transition and Climate Change, Cabinet of the President of the Executive Council, Regional Government of Emilia-Romagna

  • Champa Patel, Executive Director, Governments and Policy, Under2 Coalition

  • Konstantina Karydi, Managing Director, Resilient Cities Catalyst, EU Office + Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership (MCAP) Senior Advisor (Moderator)

Communications Resources

Introduction to MCAP

  • 🌍 MCAP is a working partnership of regional governments across five continents with Mediterranean climates - places already managing drought, wildfire, and extreme heat at the scale where impacts are lived and where implementation happens. Regional governments hold the levers that translate climate strategy into delivery, and COP30 is a moment to bring that applied experience into global view while solutions are being executed in real time.

    Mediterranean regions are acting under escalating conditions now, not drafting for later. MCAP exists to carry those live lessons into a space where they can inform others: transferring solutions across similar climate contexts, converting implementation into shared guidance, and building common tools such as the Action Index, Commitments Memo, and Mini-Sprint outputs so that what is working in one region can move to the next.

    MCAP is not a pledge body - it is an implementation partnership designed to make climate action travel across bioregions.

    #MCAP #COP30 #MediterraneanClimate #ClimateAction #SubnationalLeadership #Resilience #Implementation #BioregionalApproach

  • 🌍 MCAP is a working partnership of regional governments across five continents with Mediterranean climates - places already managing drought, wildfire, and extreme heat at the scale where impacts are lived and where implementation happens. Regional governments hold the levers that translate climate strategy into delivery, and COP30 is a moment to bring that applied experience into global view while solutions are being executed in real time.

    Mediterranean regions are acting under escalating conditions now, not drafting for later. MCAP seeks to inform others: transferring solutions across similar climate contexts, converting implementation into shared guidance, and building common tools for climate adaptation and resilience.

    #MCAP #COP30 #MediterraneanClimate #ClimateAction #SubnationalLeadership #Resilience #Implementation #BioregionalApproach

MCAP at COP31 (coming soon)

  • 🌍 MCAP regions will participate in COP30 in Rio and Belém to contribute the perspective of governments that are already implementing climate action in Mediterranean climates. These regions are managing drought, wildfire, and extreme heat under real operating conditions, and COP30 offers a venue to share how that work is being advanced at the subnational level.

    Across the Spanish Pavilion, the UNFCCC side event, and partner programming, MCAP will highlight approaches in policy, coordination, and delivery that can inform other regions facing similar climate realities. The reflections and exchanges from COP30 will also inform two upcoming shared resources - the MCAP Action Index and the Commitments Memo - which will organize member practices into tools that can support Mediterranean bioregions beyond this convening.

    MCAP’s participation at COP30 is not to introduce a new agenda, but to contribute active work and convert it into shared guidance for regions with parallel climate pressures.

    #COP30 #MCAP #MediterraneanClimate #SubnationalLeadership #Resilience #Implementation #BioregionalApproach

  • 🌍 MCAP regions will participate in COP30 in Rio and Belém to contribute the perspective of governments that are already implementing climate action in Mediterranean climates. These regions are managing drought, wildfire, and extreme heat under real operating conditions.

    Across the Spanish Pavilion, the UNFCCC side event, and partner programming, MCAP will highlight approaches in policy, coordination, and delivery that can inform other regions facing similar climate realities. The reflections and exchanges will also showcase two resources - the MCAP Action Index and the MCAP Commitments Memo - which will organize member practices into tools that can support Mediterranean bioregions beyond this convening.

    MCAP’s is at COP30 to contribute active work and convert it into shared guidance for regions with parallel climate pressures.

    #COP30 #MCAP #MediterraneanClimate #SubnationalLeadership #Resilience #Implementation #BioregionalApproach

MCAP Events Concepts

  • Full event brief can be found here.

  • Full event brief can be found here.

  • The full event brief can be found here.

Social Media Graphics & Collateral

Back to Top

Member Region Socials

Below are official accounts to tag or reference for the MCAP Secretariat and member regions.

Back to Top

MCAP on LinkedIn

Visit MCAP’s LinkedIn page and click “follow” to get the latest updates!

1

Once you are following the page, members can add an MCAP Member Region Affiliation.

Under “Experience” click “Add position”

2

Add “Member Region” as Title and select “Mediterranean Climate Action Partnership (MCAP)” as Company/Organization (which will pop automatically once you start typing) 

Back to Top