WUSME attending COP22 in Marrakech: the call of the Employers’ Organizations, the intervention of the Union and the final action proclamation

Upon conclusion of the COP 22 conference held in Marrakech on November 2016, the organizers’ committee gave the floor to the NGOs and other Organizations present.

WUSME Ambassador in Morocco Mr. Mohamed El Ouahdoudi highlighted the role of SMEs in the innovation process and in sectors of the green economy, expressing concern for their absence as interlocutors at the COP and proposing that, on occasion of COP23 to be held in Bonne, WUSME convey the proposals of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises which the Organization represents at different levels around the world.

«The General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) played a welcome mobilizing role, bringing around 40 global Employers’ Organizations present in Marrakech.
Thus, the private sector, represented by these Employers, expressed its determination to:
– anticipate the consequences of climate change on the structure and functioning of enterprises and provide solutions.
– be associated with decisions of the institutions to implement the Paris Agreement, particularly with regard to the support given by the countries providing their Contributions determined at national level (NDCs);
– set up mechanisms for the mobilization of public funds as well private funding in favor of climate.
– in addition to the cooperation in climate technologies North/South and South/South, call for more support in favor of the Adaptation, particularly in highly vulnerable regions (Africa, Asia and island regions).

The approach of the Employers’ Organizations is in line with the proclamation of the Heads of State, Governments and Delegations gathered in Marrakech, upon invitation of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI, who urged all countries to take into account this shift towards a new era of implementation and action for climate and sustainable development.
– Our climate is heating up at an alarming and unprecedented pace and we have an urgent duty to stand up to.
– We welcome the rapid entry into force of the Paris Agreement, adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, as well as its ambitious goals, its inclusive nature, its fairness and the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capacities in relation to the different national situations. We affirm our commitment to its full implementation».

In the photo: Mohamed El Ouahdoudi, WUSME Ambassador in Morocco