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Australia to open Embassy in Rabat soon

Canberra will soon have an embassy in Rabat in order to strengthen ties with the Kingdom, said Julie Bishop Australia’s Foreign Minister in Marrakech. Bishop made the announcement during a press briefing following talks with her Moroccan peer Salaheddine Mezouar, on the side lines of COP22. We hope that the opening of the embassy will […]

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COP22: WB & Morocco to establish GGIF for Africa fund to boost green economy in Africa

Morocco and the World Bank Wednesday agreed during the finance summit of the UN conference on climate change (COP22) in Marrakech to launch the “Green Growth Infrastructure Facility for Africa” tasked to spur green economy on the African continent and pull together environment-friendly private and public investments. GGIF for Africa is first true green economy […]

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Africa Action Summit: King Mohammed VI Stresses Need to Pool Efforts to Fight Climate Change

King Mohammed VI delivered a speech at the opening of the Africa Action Summit, held on November 16 in Marrakech, wherein he reviewed the main challenges facing African countries in their endeavor to address global warming. “By pooling efforts and consolidating cooperation with our strategic partners, I am convinced we can redress the climate injustice […]

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COP22: Australia To Open Embassy in Morocco To Foster Partnership

Australia’s top diplomat Julie Bishop said Wednesday in Marrakech that her country will open shortly an embassy in Rabat as relations between the two countries are gaining momentum. Julie Bishop is representing her country at the 22nd UN conference climate conference (COP22) convening in Marrakech from 7 to 18 November. Following her meeting with Moroccan […]

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King Mohammed VI Underscores Morocco’s Environmental commitment at COP22

In a key note address at the opening of the high-level segment of the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), King Mohammed VI underscored Morocco’s environmental commitment and urged all countries of the globe to pool efforts to save the earth. “The fact that Morocco […]

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COP22: Forty-two Countries Launch NDC Partnership to Deliver on Paris Agreement

In a move that matches climate finance with action, forty-two countries from different continents signed to the NDC Partnership, which was launched, on Tuesday November 15, at COP22 Moroccan Pavilion with the aim of enhancing cooperation among nations so that developing countries have more effective access to the technical knowledge and financial support necessary to […]

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COP22: World leaders meet to discuss implementation of Paris agreement

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 […]

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COP22: Launch of Think Tank Network in Favor of Climate Capacity Building

Thirteen centres of excellence and think tanks from Africa, Europe, Asia and Latin America came together, on Monday in the Moroccan COP22 pavilion, to launch a network dubbed The International Climate Change Centre of Excellence and Think Tanks for Capacity Building (INCCCETT 4CB). The network aims at catalysing cooperation and coordination between the centres of […]

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COP22: Morocco Championing African Agriculture

Morocco, host country of the 22nd UN climate conference, has launched Adaptation of African Agriculture (AAA) initiative which seeks to restore African ecosystem balance and enable countries of the continent to have access to climate funds. This initiative focuses on strengthening the financing capacities of African farmers, via the micro-credit generalization to small farmers, meso-credit […]

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The ‘Blue Belt’, Morocco’s Initiative to Boost Coastal Resilience to Climate Change

At COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco unveiled its new initiative, dubbed ‘Blue Belt’, to boost sustainable fisheries and bolster coastal resilience to climate change. “On the occasion of this COP, Morocco will confirm its support for the initiatives relating to the oceans, which have been already launched, and will launch a new initiative called ‘the Blue […]