Morocco tables candidacy to Chair United Nations Environment Assembly

Morocco tables candidacy to Chair United Nations Environment Assembly
Tuesday 21 September 2021 - 10:53

Morocco is seeking to represent Africa and chair the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, scheduled for February 2022, according to the minister of Energy, Mining and Environment, Aziz Rabbah.

A statement issued Monday by the ministry of Environment says that this announcement was made during the participation of Rabbah in the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) which was held virtually on September 16, according to a statement from MAP.

The United Nations Environment Assembly brings in the 193 UN Member States around highest-level decision-making on the environment, setting up global environmental policies and international environmental law.

The UN warned earlier in August that the world is heating so fast that in a decade’s time extreme weather will happen simultaneously with multiple climate disasters, such as droughts, floods, and storms, according to a report released Monday that the United Nations calls a “code red for humanity.”

The 234 scientists authoring the 3000 pages report set five scenarios for the future of our planet based on how much carbon emissions are cut, but at any rate, the globe will still surpass the 1.5 degrees Celsius agreed upon by world governments in the Paris agreement by 2030.

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