On November 3rd 2022, EMEA held a workshop to discuss transformative actions to tackle climate change aimed to pre launch – the Sustainable Transformative Alliance (STA) prior to COP27. The aim of this workshop was to present the TRIS model developed by EMEA and the ETU framework developed under the INTERREG project and other existing initiatives in the Euro-Mediterranean context. The workshop brought together initiatives related to blue and green economies in the Mediterranean, gathering representatives from clusters to potential synergies to support the acceleration of sustainable transformative actions.