Pact of Islands, an initiative emphasized by 400 MEPS

Mid-January, around 400 Members of the European Parliament signed a declaration supporting the Pact of Islands which makes "Islands working together against climate change". This support had been initiated by Spyros Danellis (S&D, Greece), Maria Da GraçaCarvalho (PPE, Portugal), GiommariaUggias(ADLE, Italy), Alyn Smith (Greens, GB) etKyriacosMavronikolas (S&D, Cyprus). The Pact of Islands initiative is similar and parallel to the initiative of the "Convenant of mayors".

The objective of the project is to meet a series of demanding climate and energy targets (20% CO2 emission) by 2020.The initiative aims to develop action plans for sustainable energy island to achieve the main objective of the project and give support to bankable projects. INSULEUR takes part in the project as member of the advisory committee.

To know more about the Isle pact initiative: http://www.islepact.eu/html/index.aspx