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COP22 international climate change conference. Informal consultations kick off in Skhirat


Two days of informal consultations took place in Rabat, Morocco on 9 September, 2016. Invited by the Moroccan incoming Presidency of the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22/CMP12)140 delegates and climate negotiators from over 50 countries kicked off the closed-door meeeting to advance on discussions around key issues.
 
The opening session to the two-day closed-door consultations included remarks from Salaheddine Mezouar, COP22 President and Morocco Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Aziz Mekouar, COP22 Ambassador for Multilateral Negotiations, Hakima El Haite, COP22 Special Envoy and Morocco High-Level Climate Champion. French COP21 Climate Ambassador Laurence Tubiana was also on hand as well as a video message to delegates from COP21 President Segolene Royal.
 

Like COP22 President Salaheddine Mezouar, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa also stressed the need to make significant progress on the $100 billion roadmap and for countries to increase their capacity to fight global warming.  The Executive Secretary stated that “success for Marrakech means carrying the historic Paris Agreement forward and implementing it to transition towards a low-carbon economy”.

 

Nature based Solutions at the Mediterranean Climate Change Conference

The MedCOP Climate 2016, 18- 19 July 2016, is organized by the Region of Tanger-Tétouan-AlHoceima. It gathered representatives from Mediterranean countries, including the private sector, civil society, and regional and international organizations.

The conference is a milestone for the Mediterranean countries to discuss the Paris Agreement adopted in December 2015, while preparing for the upcoming COP22 in Morocco and an operational road map for mitigation and adaptation.

This COP22 is now the climate COP of Action, with the significant challenge of bringing together stakeholders into a dialogue for action and involvement from governments and civil society.

For more information, visit the MedCOP Climat website here.