Charafat Afailal spoke on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, in Antalya during the Baku High-Level Dialogue on Adaptation. Listed on the official COP31 schedule, this mandated event was intended to support implementation of the global adaptation framework. The United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Türkiye from November 9 to November 20, 2026.
During the session, Afailal outlined Morocco’s approach to climate adaptation and resilience. She emphasized the integration of climate priorities into development policies and the mobilization of national financing. Her presentation described an already structured public-policy framework, while not anticipating any international decisions that might be reached before the scheduled conclusion of COP31.
Planning connected to sectoral policies
The National Strategic Adaptation Plan was presented as Morocco’s reference framework for climate adaptation. It is grounded in the National Sustainable Development Strategy and in several sectoral strategies, particularly those concerning water, agriculture and forests. This structure is designed to embed adaptation within the relevant policy areas rather than treating it as a separate strand of public action.
According to the framework presented in Antalya, Morocco has set 80 sectoral objectives and identified 107 projects through 2035. The same figures were confirmed in April 2026 by the Moroccan Ministry of Economy and Finance, when its Climate Unit reviewed the integration of climate considerations into public-finance policy. They provide a concrete indication of the scale of the announced programme.
A planned revision as climate risks evolve
Afailal said the adaptation plan is due to be revised to reflect changing climate risks and the possibility of global warming exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius. The verified information does not provide a completion date for this revision. It should therefore be understood as an announced next step, rather than as a new framework that has already been completed or formally put into effect.
The planned revision is expected to continue the connection with the national and sectoral strategies already identified. Morocco’s presentation also highlighted efforts to strengthen links between climate adaptation and disaster-risk reduction. This is a stated area of work, although the available materials do not describe new operational measures resulting from COP31 or establish that the revision process has already concluded.
National budgeting at the centre of the approach
According to Afailal, Morocco’s adaptation commitments have been incorporated into the country’s multiyear national budget framework. This brings climate objectives into public-finance planning over several years. The review conducted by the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s Climate Unit in April 2026 also examined the integration of climate considerations into public-finance policy, alongside the adaptation objectives and projects planned through 2035.
Nearly 90 percent of Morocco’s adaptation financing comes from national resources, Afailal said. She presented that share as evidence of national ownership while also stressing the need for complementary international support. The figure is based on the official account delivered at COP31 and, within the supplied sources, has not been established through a separate independent audit of Morocco’s adaptation expenditure.
Implementation across Morocco’s twelve regions
The approach described in Antalya also has a territorial dimension. According to Afailal, all twelve Moroccan regions have climate plans, including five regional plans specifically dedicated to adaptation and resilient development. These details illustrate the announced effort to translate national planning into regional action, although the precise implementation status of those plans was not independently assessed in the available material.
The regional planning processes were described as participatory and as involving local stakeholders, women and young people. This orientation places consultation within territorial adaptation planning and complements the links among national policies, sectoral strategies and regional action. The verified information does not, however, support a conclusion that every identified regional measure or every project in the national framework has already been implemented.
International requests still to be secured
Morocco called for additional and predictable international public financing, with priority given to grants and vulnerable communities. It also sought a credible pathway to triple adaptation finance by 2035. These are requests concerning future international decisions and financing arrangements; they do not mean that COP31 had already approved new funding for Morocco or that the requested resources had already become available.
Afailal also called for simpler and more direct access to the Green Climate Fund and the Adaptation Fund, arguing that national resources alone cannot close the climate-finance gap. As of November 13, 2026, COP31 remained underway and was scheduled to continue until November 20. Its final negotiated outcomes and any resulting financing commitments therefore remained unconfirmed at that stage.
