National governments move for fast, effective, ambitious climate action

National governments from developed and developing countries across the world Tuesday at the international climate negotiations in Marrakech, Morocco launch a new partnership, dedicated to deliver on the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change and related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The partnership is a new coalition of developing and developed countries and international institutions working together to ensure countries receive the technical and financial support they need to achieve ambitious climate and related sustainable development goals as fast and effectively as possible.

Meanwhile, King Mohammed VI of Morocco in his address at the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to heads of states said “our commitment to addressing the problematic issue of climate change through the implementation of the Paris Agreement, reflects our shared desire to enhance inter-generational solidarity.”

The king stated that holding this conference in Africa is an incentive for us to give priority to tackling the adverse repercussions of climate change, which are growing worse and worse in the countries of the South and in insular states whose very existence is in jeopardy.

“The Kingdom of Morocco has spared no effort to increase its contributions, as part of the international momentum seeking to curb greenhouse warming effects. Morocco, which was among the first countries to announce their intended Nationally Determined Contributions, he noted has pledged recently to reduce the rate of emissions.

“In addition, it has taken concrete steps to ensure that 52 percent of the national energy supply comes from clean sources by the year 2030.”