Morocco Announces GHG Reduction Plans at Bonn Climate Negotiations

Dr Hakima el Haite - Minister of Environment,Morocco

Morocco will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 13 per cent by 2030, the country’s environment minister announced yesterday.

The announcement comes ahead of the key U.N. climate summit in Paris in December when a global deal on limiting emissions is expected to be signed.

The 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in the French capital at the end of the year and a historic agreement is due to reached.

Morocco will host the COP22 UNFCCC meeting next year and environment minister Hakima el Haite said the nation "is committed to reducing by 13 per cent its emissions in 2030".
The estimated $10-billion cost of the climate plans will be shouldered by the government and Haite said that Morocco could commit to "additional reduction of 19 per cent", at an estimated cost of $35 billion which would result in total GHG reductions of 32 per cent by 2030.

Government officials from nearly 200 nations met on Monday in Bonn, Germany to agree the foundation of the COP21 deal.

Officials are finalising a negotiating text that currently stands at 90-pages and includes proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scale up renewable energy development and improve access to climate finance for developing countries.

The Bonn negotiations will run from 1-11 June, with further sessions planned in September and October, when a final set of plans is due to be submitted.