Morocco submits its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)
Soon after the ratification of the Paris Agreement, Morocco has submitted its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC. To elaborate its contribution, Morocco undertook a broad, two-year stakeholder consultation process with all parties involved, reviewing policies and programs to combat global warming and set the country’s climate change goals. Consultations held after the adoption of the Paris Agreement strengthened the foundations of the NDC, and enabled a renewal of stakeholder engagement ensuring their full support for the implementation of the NDC.
Morocco pledged to slash its greenhouse emissions in 2030 by 42% compared to emissions forecast by the year 2030. The country’s mitigation objective can be achieved only if new sources of funding can be mobilized. The total cost to reach this goal is USD 50 billion, of which USD 24 billion would be conditional on international support made available through new climate finance mechanisms, including the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
Adaptation needs will have significant budgetary implications for all sectors of the economy. Between 2020 and 2030, Morocco estimates that the cost of implementation of adaptation projects for the water, forestry and agriculture sectors, the sectors most vulnerable to climate change, will at a minimum reach USD 35 billion. The Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar has emphasized the need to get a global agreement on how developed countries plan to finance climate change projects in poorer nations and this will be focussed upon in the forthcoming United Nations conference of the parties, COP22, to be held in Marrakesh, Morocco, during November.
View here Morocco’s NDC under the UNFCCC.