North Africa

Climate Governance and the Role of Climate Finance in Morocco

Published: 31 October 2016

As a country very vulnerable to climate change impacts, Morocco, the host of COP22, has very high climate ambitions and has taken on a global leadership role in committing to a renewable energy future. This study explores what role climate finance has played to allow Morocco to act as a trendsetter and how its climate finance governance can be further improved.

Perspectives Middle East #8: Corruption - Between discourse and reality

Published: 5 August 2015

The fight against corruption in the Middle East and North Africa has gone through several ups and downs. Four years after the “Arab Spring”, when demands to eradicate corruption took center stage, we thought it is time to shed some light on the evolution of this issue in the MENA region.

Second Regional Summer School: Climate Change Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa Region

Published: 6 November 2012

Young professionals from the Arab world met in October in Amman for a summer school program conducted by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. In inspiring lectures, several exeptional issues were highlighted, such as climate change and gender, new ways to visualize topics related to climate change, scarcity of water, and adaptation in the MENA region.

By Svenja Oberender

Teams Europe and North America

Published: 4 January 2009

Our Middle East Department

Published: 2 January 2009