Morocco is among 60 countries that support the commitment led by the European Union, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, according to the Attaqa platform’s report published on Sunday.
Morocco–along with Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, France, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United Arab Emirates–will add more renewable energy capacity in 2023 than the annual average required to meet their current national goals for 2030.
Morocco has become a leader in renewable energy in Africa thanks to its plethora of environmentally sustainable projects launched in recent years, with renewable energy already representing about half of Morocco’s total energy consumption.
Antony Froggatt, Deputy Director for Climate at the think tank Chatham House, told Energy Monitor that if all countries were to agree to this target, it would be a “landmark moment.”
According to the Ember energy think tank, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, the Philippines, and Saudi Arabia have all set national targets for 2022 aimed at a three-fold-plus increase in their respective renewable energy capacities
One hundred eighteen governments at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) pledged to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by 2030 as a means of reducing the share of fossil fuels contributing to global energy production, in one of the most widely supported initiatives.
This agreement is in line with the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) expectations for global energy transitions on how to bridge the energy transition gap and thus stay on track for the 1.5 degrees Celsius benchmark.