Head of Government Highlights Morocco’s Expertise in Local weather Adaptation

Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch, representing His Majesty King Mohammed VI on the High-Level Segment for Heads of State and Government, held throughout the framework of COP29, highlighted on Wednesday in Baku, the Kingdom’s expertise in adapting to local weather change.

“Under the enlightened leadership of His Majesty the King, Morocco has been committed for many years to playing a major role in the energy transition, at national, international and continental levels alike,” Akhannouch stated, talking on the Segment.

In line with the Sovereign’s clear imaginative and prescient, renewable energies in Morocco right now account for round 40% of electrical energy era capability, a determine on the rise to 52% by 2030, he added.

He additionally recalled the launch of the African Agriculture Adaptation Initiative (Triple A) below the impetus of His Majesty the King at COP22, held in Marrakech in 2016.

This initiative embodies “a bold vision: to transform African agriculture and protect the environment from climate change”, the Head of Government stated, congratulating Azerbaijan on organizing COP29 and its steadfast dedication all through the preparations for this main occasion.

In shut collaboration with the African Adaptation Initiative, the Triple A Initiative is constant its motion in keeping with three important axes, specifically improved soil administration, elevated entry to water for irrigation and the mixing of resilient agricultural applied sciences, Akhannouch defined.

Morocco has already begun updating its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), elevating its decarbonization ambitions and integrating new structural initiatives, notably seawater desalination utilizing renewable vitality, biomass valorization and inexperienced hydrogen, he added.

Boasting a number of the best photo voltaic and wind vitality assets on the planet, in addition to acknowledged expertise in attracting buyers, the Kingdom intends to play an vital function in assembly the key challenges of carbon neutrality, he confused.

“Morocco fully assumes its responsibilities. However, these challenges concern every nation on the planet, especially the more industrialized countries”, the Head of Government stated.

Natural disasters attributable to international warming, these days extra frequent and intense, are producing appreciable human and financial losses, and affecting meals safety, well being infrastructures and entry to consuming water, he regretted.

The world expects COP29 to ship concrete commitments to speed up the ecological transition and supply mandatory means for its implementation in a spirit of solidarity, together with sustainable financing options for adaptation funds and local weather insurance coverage mechanisms, to allow essentially the most weak international locations, usually the least liable for historic emissions, to strengthen their resilience, Akhannouch concluded.

Akhannouch, on the head of the Moroccan delegation attending COP29 in Azerbaijan, was welcomed in Baku on Tuesday by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

The important focus of COP 29 (November 11-22) is on local weather financing, given the necessity to allow all international locations to cut back greenhouse fuel emissions and defend lives and livelihoods from the worsening results of local weather change, significantly for weak communities.