Morocco has signed the Brussels Declaration on the Ocean and Climate Change, which reaffirms the outcomes of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the related UN Ocean Conference as well as the “Because the Ocean Declaration”. The document was signed by State Secretary for Sustainable Development, Nezha El Ouafi, on Tuesday in the Belgian capital, on the sidelines of the first high-level Conference on Climate Change and Oceans Preservation. The Brussels Declaration goes in line with the efforts made by Morocco in the areas of marine conservation, the fight against climate change and the development of renewable energies, commented MAP. The Climate Change Performance Index for 2019 ranked Morocco as the second-best performing country following Sweden, which topped the ranking. Morocco improved its climate change policy significantly as shown in the index, with a considerable increase in renewable energy capacity and with low greenhouse gas emission levels and energy use.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 20, 2019 16:07 UTC