Jun 30, 2023 CommentMorocco’s centuries-old irrigation system under threat from climate change As Morocco faces increasingly extreme temperatures, indigenous communities in the country’s southeast suffer the brunt of the climate crisis
Nov 3, 2017 NewsUN talks lose climate champion El Haite after Moroccan royal censure Influential diplomat will not take up her role mobilising private sector and regional action at summit beginning in Germany next week
Jun 6, 2024 CommentNorth Africa’s disappearing nomads: Why my community needs climate finance My people are experiencing loss and damage, and deserve international support under a new climate finance goal – negotiators in Bonn and beyond must take heed
Nov 11, 2016 PoliticsAfrica flying blind as continent tips into climate crisis With too little data to inform local climate science, African countries lack a fundamental tool to plan long term adaptation strategies
Nov 8, 2016 NewsWestern Saharan delegate barred from attending Marrakech climate talks Vice-president of the pan-African Parliament Suelma Beirouk told Climate Home she was held by Moroccan police for 75 hours without food or water
Oct 4, 2016 NatureAfrica’s farmers need help: can the UN climate talks deliver? Africa’s agriculture sector is wilting under erratic rainfall – but with technology, education and funding there’s a way back
Aug 23, 2016 NewsMorocco targets long term climate plans at COP22 talks Minister tells Climate Home the 2016 UN climate meeting should focus on decarbonisation, finance and adaptation pathways
May 6, 2016 PoliticsMorocco promises ‘brainstorming’ 2016 climate summit Rabat’s special envoy says COP22 will be a moment for governments, cities and business to embrace new levels of cooperation and technology sharing
Mar 1, 2016 NewsMorocco climate summit faces funding drought due to EU spat NEWS: Brussels is withholding €12m contribution to COP22 in a diplomatic row over Rabat’s claim on Western Sahara
Feb 4, 2016 EnergyMorocco opens first stage of vast solar power plant NEWS: Noor 1 concentrated solar plant will provide enough electricity for more than a million homes when finished
Jan 27, 2016 NewsFrance plans renewed climate diplomacy blitz to protect Paris deal INTERVIEW: Laurence Tubiana says maintaining momentum from COP21 summit is vital as governments prepare to work on finer details of historic pact
Dec 13, 2015 NewsIn Morocco, ‘innovation’ will drive 2016 climate summit NEWS: Minister urges governments to maintain drive and momentum through next year and ensure decisions taken in Paris are implemented
Oct 12, 2015 EnergyMorocco summit told carbon-cutting rate must double NEWS: National climate pledges cut emissions 3% a year for each unit of GDP, analysts say, but 6.3% needed to meet 2C goal
Oct 9, 2015 NewsTop emitters head to Morocco to discuss Paris climate plans NEWS: EU-convened meeting offers chance to discuss how inadequate carbon cuts can be accelerated after 2015 climate summit
Sep 10, 2015 EnergyChina, Canada lag smaller countries on green land use pledges NEWS: Major farming and forestry nations have been outdone by Ethiopia and Morocco, says Union of Concerned Scientists
Jul 6, 2015 PoliticsParis climate pledges need explaining says Morocco minister INTERVIEW: Hakima El Haite tells RTCC she hopes Rabat summit will offer clarity on what is on table for a UN deal
Jun 8, 2015 PoliticsMorocco bids to axe fossil fuel subsidies in climate pledge NEWS: Arab kingdom becomes first country to vow to slash price-distorting bumps for oil and gas in offer to UN global agreement