A new international survey finds that 84% of Moroccan adults support action to reduce methane emissions, Morocco World News reports. Nearly half of respondents, 47%, are very concerned about climate change, but concern is higher for immediate threats: 54% are very concerned about poor water quality and the same share about droughts, while 51% cite heat and heatwaves.
The Global Methane Hub and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication commissioned the poll in Morocco and 17 other countries. Moroccan support for methane cuts reached 80% for agriculture, 85% for waste and 86% for energy. Respondents named oil and gas and waste management firms as significant contributors, yet 64% saw national governments as very capable of meaningful action, and 63% said the same of international governments.
The results arrive amid mounting climate stress. After years of drought, heavy rainfall in the winter of 2025-2026 replenished reservoirs, but the relief proved brief: this summer’s heatwaves reached as high as 50°C in some areas, roughly 12°C above seasonal norms, straining water resources and threatening agriculture and public health.
Other findings: 73% believe human activity causes climate change, 51% are familiar with methane, up six points since 2025, and 67% see reducing it as important. Marcelo Mena, the Hub’s chief executive, He pointed to the dairy sector, where better feed and herd and manure management can cut methane while raising farmers’ incomes. Laury Haytayan of the Natural Resource Governance Institute called a multi-stakeholder approach essential.
Across the 18 countries surveyed, 85% supported methane action, including 94% in South Korea and 91% in Malaysia. Global Strategy Group conducted the online poll between August 3 and 25, 2026, gathering responses from 12,189 adults, at least 700 of them in Morocco. The margin of error for the Moroccan sample is ±3.6%.
