COP22: Morocco, Sustainable Development International Organizations Sign MoU

  Morocco and three international organizations for sustainable development signed, Thursday in Washington, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the organization of the «low emissions solutions Conference " as part of the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UNFCCC, scheduled for November in Marrakech.

    The memorandum was signed by Morocco’s Environment Minister, Hakima El Haite, Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Jeffrey Sachs, President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Petter Bakker, and representative of ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, Maryke van Staden.

   The agreement aims to define modalities for the organization of "the low emissions solutions Conference", to be held on November 14-17) as part of the COP22, which will bring together several experts in energy efficiency, businesses and representatives of cities and municipalities.

   The MoU was signed on the sidelines of "Climate Action 2016" summit, held on May 5-6 in the US federal capital.
 

MAP 06 May 2016