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Weekly highlights

Decarbonization

Morocco needs a comprehensive action plan

For World Bank experts, it is important to develop a database on energy use in industry, which does not yet exist, in order to assess more accurately the potential for decarbonization, through sur-
veys, energy audits, and other types of data collection
HIS is one of the strategic
issues at the level of several
T States. Decarbonization of
economic activities is a real chal-
lenge for any country who wants
to be in line with the transforma-
tions imposed by climate change.
Morocco has already launched a
series of initiatives in this direction.
For Riccardo Puliti, Vice President
of the World Bank for Infrastruc-
ture, in addition to the efforts made,
Morocco “could need a comprehen-
sive action plan to decarbonize the
industrial sector”. This program
should have a “governance struc-
ture to implement the necessary
reforms and establish cooperation
between the different actors”. These
include the Government, industria-
lists, technology service providers,
financial institutions, and other
stakeholders. According to Puliti, cement, and steel sectors, which ral, may therefore need additional system), or mechanisms for finan-
the Moroccan government could are among the largest consumers advice in terms of norms and stan- cing or capacity building, through
also sensitize industrialists, parti- of energy and carbon, have already dards. Mechanisms may also be put specific technical assistance and
cularly SMEs, in particular through adopted, or experimented with, va- in place to “ensure that companies training. The success of this trans-
targeted capacity building and cre- rious decarbonization technologies, are subject to the same obligations formation requires “a strong par-
dit support if necessary. says the World Bank. in terms of emissions and efficien- tnership between the Government
Overall, on the ground, “the Mo- Today, the goal according to Puliti, cy, in particular those with export and the business community, with
roccan industrial sector is already is to “disseminate this knowledge exposure”. a constant flow of information, to
ahead in many aspects in terms of to all industries and support small These obligations can be coupled guide public policies and provide
decarbonization”, according to the businesses that do not have access with incentives, in particular tax businesses with visibility concer-
Vice President of the World Bank. to the same knowledge or the same incentives (via a carbon tax or ning the regulatory framework”. o
Large companies in the phosphate, financing”. Companies, in gene- credit, an emission quota trading M.A.M.

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