Morocco’s King leadership hailed by high-level meeting of three African Climate Commissions – The North Africa Post

The high-level meeting of the three African Climate Commissions has praised the leadership of King Mohammed VI and Morocco’s noteworthy support on the sidelines of the COP-27 climate change summit currently held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.

In a press release issued at the end of the high-level meeting, participants recognized Morocco’s role and contributions to the three climate change commissions set up in COP-22 held in Marrakesh in 2016.

The meeting of the African Climate Commissions was co-chaired jointly by Macky Sall, President of Senegal and Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of Congo, Chairman for the Congo Basin Climate Commission.

The President of Niger Mohamed Bazoum, Chairman of the Climate Commission of the Sahel area, President of Seychelles Wavel RAMkalawan, Chairman of the Climate Commission of the Island States and Chairperson of the AU Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, and many African ministers, representatives of partner organisations and countries of the Commissions attended the event.

The meeting was closed with urgent calls for strengthening the actions taken by the three African climate change commissioners by establishing an international coordination mechanism to ensure that African States are heard in international financial institutions.
Participants in the high-level conference urged UN agencies and philanthropic foundations support these Commissions to allow African countries to adapt and mitigate climate change. The UN agencies and philanthropic Foundations should also support these Commissions.