Climate Resolve’s April Essay: The New Club Med

Let’s imagine a vacation along the Mediterranean Sea.

From a cliff high above the shore, you can see this beautiful, vast turquoise sea. As the sun sets, you walk a path back to your pensione. The walk is made lighter thanks to the cool evening breeze.

As a Californian, it’s easy to imagine this Mediterranean idyll precisely because Los Angeles is a mediterranean city. (Mediterranean with a small m.). Our city is located along the 34th Parallel, the same latitude as Cyprus – or for that matter, the same latitude as Tangier, Morocco, Adelaide, Australia, Santiago, Chile, and Cape Town, South Africa….

Read the full story by Jonathan Parfrey, Executive Director at Climate Resolve, who acted as a core advisor and local implementing partner for the 2026 MCAP Annual Convening in Los Angeles, CA April 14-17, 2026.