Morocco participated in the 16th Petersberg Climate Dialogue, held on March 25-26 in Berlin as part of the preparations for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), scheduled in November 2025 in Belém, Brazil.
Morocco was represented at this event by Rachid Tahiri, National Negotiator for the UNFCCC, the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol.
Organized annually in the German capital on the initiative of the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and the COP host country, this dialogue brought together representatives from some forty countries, with the aim of defining climate priorities and laying the foundations for future negotiations.
Discussions focused on progress and challenges in implementing the Paris Agreement, while strengthening multilateral dialogue on key issues such as climate financing, adaptation, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the Global Stocktake (GST).
Selected as one of the 40 countries invited by Germany to take part in this high-level event, Morocco seized the opportunity to highlight its climate and sustainable development priorities, Tahiri, Head of the Climate Change and Green Economy Division at the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, told MAP.
He added that this dialogue highlighted the Kingdom’s efforts, through interconnected strategies such as the National Sustainable Development Strategy, the National Low Carbon Strategy, the Water Strategy, as well as initiatives such as Generation Green and the Green Hydrogen Roadmap.
The official said that these actions strengthen the Kingdom’s resilience and support its energy transition, adding that this participation also provided an opportunity to share Morocco’s experience in climate protection, promote its priorities and reiterate its commitment to a green transition, while bolstering international cooperation.
The ministerial meeting held as part of the event focused on the economic and social opportunities and challenges of 1.5°C target compliant climate action, in order to identify concrete levers for boosting ambition and action to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement.
Participants recalled that COP30 will provide a strategic opportunity to strengthen synergies between the climate, biodiversity, anti-desertification and sustainable development agendas, through an integrated approach focused on just transition.
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