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The Heads of state, government and delegations taking part at climate Summit COP22 adopted the Marrakech Action Proclamation for our Climate and Sustainable Development, which calls for the highest political commitment to combat climate change, as a matter of urgent priority. The statement calls for reinforcing solidarity with the countries that are most exposed to […]
Around 200 world leaders will discuss on November 15 how to put into action Paris historical agreement targeting containment global temperature rise at less than 2 degrees at time the year 2016 is predicated the hottest year ever. Political leaders from around world have started arriving in Marrakech, Morocco, since Sunday. UN Secretary General Ban […]
Morocco is set on making COP22 a summit of action and concrete plans to help least developed countries, notably in Africa adapt and mitigate climate change effects, writes the UK paper the Guardian. “As the host country for the COP22 climate change talks, which open in Marrakech on Monday, Morocco is determined to make this […]
Morocco has officially taken over the presidency of the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) Monday as the global conference kicked off in the city of Marrakesh. At the opening ceremony of the 22nd Conference of Parties to the Framework UN Convention on Climate Change, COP 22, […]
Morocco’s Permanent Representative at the UN, Omar Hilale, made in New York before the UN member states a presentation on the challenges and logistical aspects relating to the organization of the global climate summit, COP22, in Marrakech on November 7-18. In this respect, Hilale shed light on the Paris Agreement, which sets the goal of […]
US Special Envoy for Climate Change, Jonathan Pershing, will pay a four day visit to Marrakech on October 16-20 to participate in an informal ‘pre-COP’ meeting hosted by the Government of Morocco, the State department announced. The pre-COP is the last preparatory session in advance of the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the […]
Moroccan city of Casablanca is hosting this October 12 an international conference to look into ways of creating “Green Banking Markets in Africa”, ahead of the 22nd UN conference on climate change due in Marrakech Nov.7-18. The Casablanca green finance event is organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Banque Marocaine […]
A summit of African heads of state will be held on the sidelines of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 22) which will be held in Marrakech on November 7-18. The meeting will be hosted in the Royal palace in Marrakech upon directives from Mohammed VI, Maghreb Confidential news outlet reported. In this […]
Morocco seems firmly resolved to reach the goal it set to cover more than half its energy needs by 2030 from renewables. In this vein, King Mohammed VI, who supervises the national program for the development of renewable energy, chaired on Monday in Tangier a working session devoted to the energy sector in general and […]
Climate change is expected to severely impact the MENA region and tackling climate change is therefore a key priority both for the Mediterranean countries’ governments and for their international partners. After the historic agreement reached in Paris last November and in the run-up to the COP 22 in Marrakech, the European investment bank organizes sept.8th […]