Morocco's Minister of Energy, Mines and Sustainable Development Charafat Afailal, highlighted on Tuesday in Antalya, Türkiye, Morocco's experience in the adaptation and resilience facing climate change, emphasizing integrating this issue into development policies and mobilizing national funding.
Speaking at the Baku High-Level Dialogue on Adaptation, organized at COP31, Afailal highlighted the Moroccan approach’s effectiveness based in particular on the National Strategic Adaptation Plan, which is rooted in the national sustainable development strategy and sectoral strategies, mainly for water, agriculture, and forestry.
This plan, which will soon be revised to consider climate risks’ evolution and the possible exceeding of the 1.5°C warming threshold, is divided into 80 sectoral objectives and 107 projects by 2035, she specified.
These commitments are included in the national multiannual budget plan, with almost 90% of adaptation funding coming from national resources, the minister indicated, estimating that this contribution demonstrates national ownership of climate policies, while emphasizing the need for complementary international support.
Afailal also stated that at the territorial level, the 12 regions of the Kingdom have climate plans, including 5 regional plans dedicated to adaptation and resilient development. Designed using a participatory approach, these mechanisms involve local stakeholders, women, and young people.
She further highlighted efforts to strengthen synergies between climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction.
Facing worsening climate risks, Afailal advocated for increased international funding and simplified access to it, particularly for the benefit of developing countries and the most vulnerable communities. She notably called for increasing additional and predictable public funding, prioritizing donations, and establishing a credible trajectory to triple funding for adaptation by 2035.
The minister also insisted on facilitating direct access to the Green Climate Fund and the Adaptation Fund, noting that national efforts cannot bridge the funding gap for climate commitments.
The participants, for their part, called for accelerating the national plans’ implementation into actions and strengthening societies and economies resilience, particularly in developing countries, which are bearing the brunt of climate crisis's consequences to which they have contributed very little.
The Baku High-Level Dialogue places climate adaptation at the forefront of political, economic, and development priorities, while backing the implementation of the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience and national adaptation plans.
COP31, held until November 20, brings together heads of State and government, ministers, representatives of international institutions, and actors from the public and private sectors and civil society to bolster multilateral cooperation and accelerate the climate commitments’ translation into concrete measures and actions to address the consequences of climate change.
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