Nearly 65% of adults in the Arab region remain excluded from formal financial systems, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Annual SDG Review 2025 paints a sobering picture of persistent financial exclusion that is undermining the region’s ability …
Rabat – While Morocco is preparing to host the biggest environmental gathering in the world next November, COP22, an American website, “Numbeo,” ranked Casablanca the sixth city in terms of the Global Pollution Index in mid-2016, with a level of contamination that had reached 94.81 percent. Numbeo is a website …
Mosques across Morocco will be fitted with solar energy systems in government scheme to boost clean energy awareness Six hundred "green mosques" are to be created in Morocco by March 2019 in a national consciousness-raising initiative that aims to speed the country's journey to clean energy. If all goes to …
Baghdad: Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as climate experts warn that the severe weather could be a harbinger of worse to come. UN officials and climate scientists predict that, in coming decades, the region's mushrooming populations will face extreme water scarcity, …
Country is world's second largest consumer of plastic bags after US, reports Al Jazeera. Morocco has banned the production and use of plastic bags, with many shops and street sellers across the country having reportedly stocked-up last week ahead of the legislation coming into force on July 1, reports Al …
The current Vice-President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Abdalah Mokssit, from Morocco, has been offered and he accepted the position of new Secretary of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The announcement was made at the ongoing 43rd session of the IPCC, convening in Nairobi. “He has special …
Moroccan Pre-Saharan zone is an oasis system, which it is characterised by extreme events, like drought and flood. The flood risks will likely increases in frequency and magnitude due to global and regional climate change. Flood tends to have an important impact on isolated and poor regions such as oasis …
Africa: US Ratification of Accord Is Fresh Boost for Global Effort to Combat Rogue Fishing Thirty-four countries, including 27 in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food due to drought, flooding and civil conflicts, according to a new United Nations report released today. The figure has grown …
Abu Dhabi-based Masdar Group is looking to expand its renewable energy footprint in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). According to media reports, Masdar’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Ahmad Belhould, recently stated that Masdar Group is looking to invest aggressively in renewable energy projects in Egypt, Jordan, and …
Morocco has postponed without explanation the inauguration of Noor-1, a solar power plant due to open Sunday in Ouarzazate, part of what will eventually be the world’s largest solar power production facility. When asked by AFP, the communications agency that organised the inauguration on behalf of Moroccan solar energy agency …
A giant plant using energy from the Sun to power a Moroccan city at night will open next month. The solar thermal plant at Ouarzazate will harness the Sun's warmth to melt salt, which will hold its heat to generate energy in the evening. The first phase will generate for …
The Moroccan city of Ouarzazate is used to big productions. On the edge of the Sahara desert and the centre of the north African country’s “Ouallywood” film industry it has played host to big-budget location shots in Lawrence of Arabia, The Mummy, The Living Daylights and even Game of Thrones. …
This report presents a model that analyses fossil fuel subsidy reform across 20 countries showing an average reduction in national GHG emissions of 11% by 2020, and average annual government savings of USD 93 per tonne of CO2 abated. With a modest recycling of resources to renewables and energy efficiency, …
The Senegalese minister of Water and Sanitation, Mansour Faye and his Moroccan counterpart Charafat Afailal on Monday sealed a cooperation agreement in the fields of water and sanitation in Dakar.”Water management is becoming increasingly challenging not only because of the precious liquid’s growing scarcity but also due the degradation of …
National plans for limiting greenhouse gas emissions fall short of tough action needed to slow climate change under a United Nations agreement due in Paris in December, European researchers said on Wednesday. The plans submitted so far to the UN by about 50 nations representing 70 percent of world emissions …
Medicinal plant trade is important for local livelihoods. However, many medicinal plants are difficult to identify when they are sold as roots, powders or bark. DNA barcoding involves using a short, agreed-upon region of a genome as a unique identifier for species– ideally, as a global standard. Original Source
Green technology to turn fog into fresh water straight from the tap has put an end to exhausting daily treks to distant wells by village women in southwest Morocco. Families in five highland Berber communities have begun to benefit from “fog harvesting”, a technique devised in Chile two decades ago …
Morocco’s ambitious Noor-Quarzazate project has received financial backing from the European Union. The European Union (EU) has granted a $47.8 million loan to the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) for the 150 MW Noor III concentrated solar power project. According to media reports, the agreement was signed by EU …
Luanda — The minister of Environment Fátima Jardim and the her Moroccan colleague Hakimael Haite Tuesday in Marrakech discussed cooperation on climate change programme aiming at the preservation of soils to reduce greenhouse effects. The information is contained in a press release that reached Angop Wednesday, saying the meeting took …
Morocco is in the midst of a renewable energy boom. After years of planning and commitment to the 2009 National Energy Strategy, which plans to draw 42 percent of the country's energy needs from local renewables by 2020, more and more wind and solar projects are coming online, while investments …
Morocco is on the hunt for fresh investment from the UAE to help develop its power generation sector, hoping for US$20 billion in deals over the next five years. A delegation from Morocco was in the UAE for three days last month to meet potential investors during the Annual Investment …
