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Morocco raised its target to reduce greenhouse gas emission to 45% by 2030 as part of its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) in implementation of the Paris Agreement. The goal will be reached through carrying out 61 mitigation projects in the fields of energy, industry, housing, transport, waste, agriculture and forests, the energy ministry said. The […]
Fears that the US may scale back on the Paris Agreement are dominating the climate summit COP22 on the third day of the event in Marrakech, after Trump won presidential elections. Trump’s victory is no good news for the climate advocates attending COP22 (November 7-18), a summit meant to ponder on the means to ensure […]
Morocco, host country of the 22nd UN conference on climate change (COP22), will fit its mosques with energy saving light bulbs, solar thermal water heaters and photovoltaic systems. The move dubbed “Green Mosques” is part of the North African strategy to encourage renewable energies. Six hundred “green mosques” are to be created in the country […]
Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa starts this Monday a visit to Morocco at the invitation of King Mohammed VI to give a new momentum to the thriving cooperation between the two countries. During this visit, first of its kind to an Arab country, the Portuguese Head of State will meet the Moroccan Sovereign who […]
European Union members topped by EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini Monday hailed Morocco’s leadership to chair the COP22 Summit to take place in in Marrakech November this year. The EU members also expressed their satisfaction for the choice of Morocco as the next host of the global event and indicated that the choice of […]
Morocco has set up the steering committee for the 22nd United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP22) scheduled in Marrakech next November 7-18. This steering committee, chaired by foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar, includes ten members. Its formation shows Morocco’s firm determination to ensure success to this landmark international event. The holding of COP22 in the […]