Opening of a National Conference on Climate Change in Rabat

Rabat is hosting a national conference on climate change today under the theme "Sharing knowledge and engaged networks". The general objective of this meeting, organised by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, is to offer a platform for sharing knowledge, discussing new issues related to climate change in Morocco, and also working in a network between the actors involved. Aware of the dangers of climate change due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, the organisers point out that these "are already being felt and the most serious and harmful impacts will affect developing countries, including Morocco, particularly in terms of agricultural production and rural development". Several local scientists, academics, representatives, and experts in energy and institutions dedicated to climate change and environmental research, as well as Moroccan civil society, are expected at this conference an…