Ecologie & Environnement

The conference on socio-ecological transformations in Africa, organised by the Moroccan office of Heinrich Böll foundation, took place between the 7th and the 9th of November 2017 in Rabat. Around 60 participants from different countries

Coordinated by the Heinrich Böll foundation office based in Rabat, the program transformAfrica was officially launched in November 2017 following a conference on socio-ecological transformations in Africa hold in Rabat. The program has been set up for a period of three years.

Energy efficiency is a key to ensuring a safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable energy system for the future. It is the one energy resource that every country possesses in abundance and is the quickest and least costly way of addressing energy security, environmental and economic challenges.

Africa has a large quantity of natural resources and especially due to specific geographical locations and climate conditions, some african countries belong to the richest countries in terms of natural resources worldwide.

Urban development is a controversial topic for many African countries, due to the growing number of people living in cities, as well as the various activities and policies (management of critical infrastructures, inclusion of every group living in the city

In the context of globalization, Africa has been dealing with an increasing among of waste over the last decades, resulting to problems at every stage of the management chains,

A l’occasion du 15 septembre, journée mondiale pour le nettoyage des plages l’association Zero Zbel publie les résultats d’une analyse des déchets solides présents sur les plages marocaines.

Africa has a large quantity of natural resources and especially due to specific geographical locations and climate conditions, some african countries belong to the richest countries in terms of natural resources worldwide. These resources include oils, minerals, precious metals, fisheries, wildlife or even some primary goods. However, over the past decades and even centuries, these various countries or regions, which are rich of natural resources, have also been the center of tensions or even conflicts between various groups of actors that are directly involved with the extraction and or processing of such resources.

Energy efficiency is a key to ensuring a safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable energy system for the future. It is the one energy resource that every country possesses in abundance and is the quickest and least costly way of addressing energy security, environmental and economic challenges. Despite the great importance of the issue of energy efficiency, studies on energy transition have mainly focused on energy generation. Furthermore, the attitude and habits of citizens concerning energy efficiency measure have thus far remained unexplored, especially in the specific context of Morocco.