Morocco reaffirms its commitment to African climate cooperation
Economy
Morocco participates in Nairobi in the works of the Climate Ministers' Council of the Congo Basin Commission.
The delegation is led by the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali.
Morocco has participated in the Nairobi meeting of the Climate Ministers' Council of the Congo Basin Commission (CCBC), held on Sunday, to examine the preparations for the Donor Roundtable scheduled for May 26 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
The Kingdom participated in this ministerial meeting through a delegation led by the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, and including the Director of Climate and Biodiversity, Rachid Tahiri, and the Director of Global Issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Ismail Chekkori, and other officials.
This ministerial session, which also included the environment and finance ministers of CCBC member states, as well as technical and financial partners, is part of the ongoing regional process aimed at mobilizing funding for the investment plan of priority projects of the Blue Fund for the Congo Basin, a financial tool of the Climate Commission of the Congo Basin.
It also holds particular importance, marking the tenth anniversary of the creation of the Climate Commission of the Congo Basin, as well as the first anniversary of the Marrakech/Cadre ESG Mines Declaration, developed with African ministers of Mines to promote a sustainable mining sector with an African definition.
It follows several preparatory steps, including the meeting of focal points held in Brazzaville in October 2025, the pre-roundtable of donors organized in Belém on the sidelines of COP30 in November 2025, as well as the meeting of experts held in Nairobi in January 2026.
On the agenda of this ministerial meeting is the examination of recommendations from technical meetings, including the finalization and harmonization of priority project files, as well as the consolidation of a portfolio of structuring projects aligned with the national development plans of member countries.
Ministers will also address issues related to the governance of the Blue Fund, including the designation of representatives of states within its decision-making bodies, as well as the validation of legal texts governing its functioning.
In this context, Morocco sits in three of these bodies, namely the executive committee, the board of directors, and the Assembly of Funders.
The Council will also examine preparations related to the extraordinary session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the CCBC, scheduled for May 12 in Nairobi, a key step before the Donor Roundtable.
This high-level meeting will ratify the resource mobilization strategy, as well as the political and technical documents issued from the preparatory process.
The Climate Commission of the Congo Basin (CCBC), initiated during COP22 in Marrakech, under the impetus of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, has become a structuring framework, carrying an ambitious African vision based on solidarity, shared responsibility, and the sustainable valorization of African natural capital.
Morocco, under the enlightened leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, plays a central role in the dynamics of this regional cooperation, being the origin of the creation of this Commission during COP22, held in Marrakech in 2016, and the operationalization of the Blue Fund for the Congo Basin, the financial arm of the CCBC.
Furthermore, Morocco has chosen to act through an integrated and innovative approach, raising the ambition of its Nationally Determined Contribution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote sustainable development in Africa.