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Across the globe, nations have kick-started a new development agenda aimed at ending poverty and reducing risks linked with climate change, pollution and over-exploitation of our natural environment. This journey to a more prosperous and resilient future has been forged through two powerful and mutually re-enforcing pathways – the Paris Climate
Read MoreTwo days of closed-door informal consultations between 140 delegates and climate negotiators from over 50 countries at the invitation of the Moroccan incoming Presidency of the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22/CMP12) came to a close on September 9 in Skhirat, Morocco. High-level national and international participation at the consultations included
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Read MoreRabat – The 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, slated for November in Marrakech, seeks to give greater visibility to the issue of water, Morocco’s High Commissioner for Water, Forestry and Fight Against Desertification, Abdeladim Lhafi, said Thursday in Stockholm. “The issue
Read MoreThe ministerial round table of eminent leaders, including African ministers, at the International Convention on Water and Climate (ICWC) at Rabat, Morocco, about a month ago, discussed into detail the impact of climate change on water on our continent, and how it should be factored into climate discussions in COP
Read More16th August Africa is warming up. Scientific researchers on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are unfortunately increasingly confident that, on its current trajectory, the mean annual temperature rise in Africa, is likely to exceed 2° C by the end of this century.To put this in context, staying below the 2°
Read MoreThe Government of Morocco, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, World Business Council for Sustainable Development and ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, will present the solutions-focused conference during COP22 in November 2016. Washington DC, 5 May 2016 – Cities, business and government will come together to scale up solutions for climate
Read More3rd August On August 1st, 2016 the COP22 Steering Committee launched a vast communications campaign organized in two phases in order to raise awareness among citizens on climate change issues and to mobilize them ahead of COP22 (United Nations Climate Change Conference) planned in Marrakech, November 7-18, 2016. The first phase of
Read More1st August There are 100 days left until the 22nd Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) gets under way in Marrakech. 100 days to continue the historic moment of the Paris Agreement and the acceleration of its entry into force. 100 days before the world
Read More22nd July Deadline is 1 August Young people can tell the world how they are shaping a more sustainable future and win a trip to the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech, Morocco (COP22) in November by entering the second annual Global Youth Video Competition on Climate Change. The deadline for entries
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