A World Bank study revealed that Moroccan beaches are exposed to serious erosion risks, which are directly related to climate change and dangerous human practices.
Morocco’s Atlantic coastline water levels have declined by about 14 centimeters per year, equivalent to more than double the global average.
The Moroccan Mediterranean coast is also declining by 12 centimeters per year.
Morocco is among the countries most exposed to geological and climate-related hazards in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
The World Bank estimates that disasters, such as flooding, earthquakes, and drought cost it over US$575 million each year.
Rapid urbanization and climate change threaten to increase the frequency and severity of weather-related events.
According to experts, and in addition to global warming and climate change, Moroccan beaches are also significantly endangered through illicit practices, that women the state of the natural environment.
Sand theft on Moroccan beaches is one important example of such dangerous practices, that exacerbate climate change repercussions and weaken Morocco’s resilience to face an impending, global environmental disaster.
To address the challenge of intensifying disaster and climate risks in Morocco, the World Bank launch a project that has sought to improve the institutional frameworks to finance disaster risk reduction activities and strengthen financial resilience to natural disasters for targeted populations.
To achieve those objectives, the World Bank relied on a mix of finance and technical assistance. Two IBRD loans finance a comprehensive Program-for-Results (PforR), the first time this financing instrument has been used by the World Bank for DRM operations.
The program promotes institutional reforms and capacity building, scales up disaster risk reduction investments, and supports an innovative, catastrophic risk insurance regime involving both the public and private sectors.
All these areas of work have benefited from World Bank technical assistance and capacity building.
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