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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 […]
The summit talks held on Wednesday at the Elysée Palace between the French President François Hollande and his guest King Mohammed VI, who just started a working and friendship visit to France, were topped by the crucial issue of climate change as the North African country braces to take over from France the chairmanship of […]
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, which will host 22nd UN Conference on climate changes (COP22), has submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to address climate change to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In its INDC, the North African country pledged to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 32 by 2030. Morocco INDC submission includes detailed […]
UN Climate Change Convention Framework indicated last week that Mauritanian submitted a plan worth $17 billion for the fight against climate change and reduction of CO2 pollution. The submitted plan focuses on the reduction of GES production by 22.3% by 2030 and it also lays focus on the CO2, le CH4 and N2O. The government’s […]