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Mediterranean Nations Agree to Climate Pact. AFP, 10/22/10. “Some 15 Mediterranean countries, including Israel and the Palestinian Authority, agreed Friday to work together to combat the effects of climate change that threaten the region. The countries signed a declaration at a climate change conference near Athens in Greece which called for ‘contributing to the emergence of low carbon, resource efficient and climate resilient economies’… The [Mediterranean Climate Change Initiative] agreement among the Mediterranean nations to address the problem of global warming, despite political conflicts between some of them, was hailed by some as a diplomatic breakthrough.”