Morocco + US to cooperate on environmental and sustainable development

US signs green action plan with Morocco: Morocco’s Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development Leila Benali and US Ambassador to Morocco Puneet Talwar have inked an agreement to cooperate on the environment and sustainable development between 2024 to 2027, MAP reported on Thursday. The plan focuses on environmental laws, climate change, biodiversity conservation, and environmental education. The agreement also aims to engage Moroccan citizens in major environmental projects.

KSA + Kazakhstan team up on renewable energy: Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman signed an executive cooperation program agreement with Kazakh Energy Minister Almasadam Satkaliyev to develop renewable energy projects in Kazakhstan, SPA reported on Thursday. Under the umbrella of an MoU on energy cooperation signed in June 2023, the cooperation program is geared toward advancing energy security and tackling climate change impacts in both nations by implementing projects in the fields of green energy storage and production.

REMEMBER- KSA has been upping its investments in the central asian country: KSA’s renewables giant Acwa Power signed an agreement with Kazakhstan’s Sovereign Wealth Fund (Samruk-Kazyna) and the Kazakh Energy Ministry to build and manage a 1 GW wind farm and a battery energy storage (BESS) facility last year.