Materialization of the low-carbon strategy

The green economy is at the heart of all global concerns. Morocco is not exception to this trend. This translates in the application of the content of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development (SNDD), which aims to achieve a gradual transition of Morocco towards a green economy. Leila Benali recently said that her Energy Transition and Sustainable Development ministry carried out an evaluation of this strategy to take stock of the progress made in its implementation. In accordance with the conclusions of this evaluation, the Ministry has started updating the strategy, ensuring that the new version integrates all the orientations advocated by the New Development Model, by identifying six areas to speed up the transition towards sustainability. In addition to strengthening energy, water, and food security, the updated strategy advocates for the establishment of sustainable governance for inclusive territories and the transition to a competitive, low-carbon economy that creates wealth and jobs. The goal is also to give to citizens access to health, education, and public services. Another domain concerns the work to be carried out to guarantee valuable and resilient natural resources and ecosystems, particularly in the face of climate change. Another goal is to preserve and enhance cultural heritage. According to Leila Benali, the ministry is working on the development of a low-carbon development strategy, in coordination with all the actors concerned at the national and territorial levels. This low-carbon development strategy aims to strengthen the growth of renewable energies to produce clean electricity with a share that exceeds 70% by 2050, and to electrify uses in the industry and transport sectors. It is also a question of stimulating the circular economy and the development of green hydrogen and its use in industry and in heavy transport means, by strengthening digitalization and smart cities, with a low carbon footprint. This strategy includes the economic sectors that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, including the industrial sector. One of the main factors that would foster a low-carbon industry in Morocco is the development of clean energies, in particular renewable energies and energy efficiency. In this regard, the ministry is working on the structuring of a new entity characterized by greater openness to competition to produce competitive green energy. It is also a question of encouraging decentralized production to allow access to low-carbon electricity, including for the benefit of industrialists.