Closing plenary – Strengthening Europe-Africa cooperation on adaptation: the Marseille Declaration

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This high-level conference marks a key moment in strengthening the partnership between Europe and Africa to tackle adaptation challenges. The Marseille Declaration represents a joint commitment to concrete actions, enhanced solidarity, and long-term cooperation for territorial resilience. Created collaboratively, it will deliver a united and ambitious voice at COP30 in Belém.

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Speakers

Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd
Ronan Dantec, Senator Loire-Atlantique, President of Climate Chance
Sylvain Boucherand, President of the EESC Environment Commission, rapporteur on the +4 opinion
Gilles Vermot-Desroches, Director of Citizenship and Institutional Affairs, Schneider Electric
Petra Manderscheid, Executive Director, JPI Climate Central Secretariat, ECCA2025 Organizing Committee)
Vasileios Latinos, Director of Resilience and Adaptation, ICLEI Europe
Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister for Ecological Transition, France
Michèle Rubirola, Deputy Mayor of Marseille
Lucie Serizier, representative of the Office franco-québécois de la jeunesse
Paulin Bouda, representative of the Office franco-québécois de la jeunesse
Fatimatou Mint Abdel Malick, President of UCLG-Africa, President of the Nouakchott region, Mauritania
Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, President of the Association internationale des maires francophones (AIMF)
Luc Setondji Atrokpo, Mayor of Cotonou, Benin
Valérie Verdier, CEO, IRD
Laurent Biddiscombe, Executive Director, Global Client Solutions, AFD
Emmanuel Seck, Executive Director ENDA Energie & Chair of Global Network on Disaster Reduction (GNDR)
Pascal Berteaud, Director General, Cerema
Vincenzo Lorusso, Chargé de mission – Science, technology and innovation cooperation with the African Union and bilateral cooperation with Rwanda, Nigeria and South Africa, European Commission

Moderator: Luc Gnacadja, former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Former Minister of Environment, Housing, and Urban Planning of Benin