Morocco is Still a Climate Change Champion
From September 11-13 the city of Agadir hosted the second annual Climate Chance Summit. It was the largest gathering yet of non-state actors engaged in the fight against climate change. Over 2,000 participants from nearly 80 countries gathered to discuss the importance of engaging non-state actors as key stakeholders in climate negotiations. They also emphasized their capacity to support and implement action toward individual countries’ nationally determined contributions (NDC) agreed upon at COP21 and COP22.
The three-day Summit resulted in the Declaration of Agadir, which outlined nine conclusions:
Non-state actors are stakeholders in negotiations;
The 2018 Facilitation Dialogue is a key step in ensuring that current contributions are commensurate with the objectives of the Paris Accord;
The Paris Accord was adopted by consensus and it must be supported;
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