Interview with Awad Ibrahim "Africa Think Tank Summit 2018"

Morocco has emerged as one of Africa's success stories, achieving significant progress in economic transformation and the green transition over the past 25 years. Continuing and deepening this transformation is essential to reach the country’s goal of becoming a high-income economy in the coming decades. Significant challenges include managing the risk of the middle-income trap, addressing demographic pressures, promoting inclusive growth, ensuring environmental sustainability, and ...

Africa today has only one real climate priority: adaptation. Africa should still push the rich countries of the Global North to cut emissions. But Africa should not have any illusions. Past mitigation efforts have had some positive effects but have not been sufficient to stay on track with the targets of the Paris Agreement. There is no reason to believe that future efforts will fare any better. Political developments in the United States and Europe do not augur well for global miti ...

This Opinion was originaly published on kalam.chathamhouse.org Morocco’s environmental governance rests on a comprehensive constitutional and legal architecture that establishes the right to a healthy environment as a fundamental right. The 2011 Constitution obliges the state to ensure equal access to water, a healthy environment, and sustainable development while also requiring the protection of natural resources and future generations, and guaranteeing equal environmental rig ...

"From now on, there will be a before and after October 31, 2025". These were the strong words spoken by His Majesty the King to his people a few minutes after the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of resolution 2797, which clearly calls on the parties to the Sahara dispute to take part in discussions without preconditions and on the exclusive basis of the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco.This strategic Momentum should be a source of deep satisfaction for national dipl ...

« Désormais, il y aura un avant et un après 31 octobre 2025 ». C’est en ses termes forts que c’est adressé Sa Majesté le Roi à son peuple quelques minutes après l’adoption par le Conseil de sécurité des Nations-Unies de la résolution 2797 qui demande clairement aux parties au différend sur le Sahara de participer aux discussions sans conditions préalables et sur la base exclusive du plan d’autonomie proposé par le Maroc. Ce Momentum stratégique devrait constituer une raison pro ...