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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/06/world-leaders-welcomed-to-first-cop-in-the-amazon/feed/ 0 Morocco sets date for coal phase-out for the first time in climate plan https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/23/morocco-sets-date-for-coal-phase-out-for-the-first-time-in-climate-plan/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/23/morocco-sets-date-for-coal-phase-out-for-the-first-time-in-climate-plan/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:21:40 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=77632 The 2040 deadline is dependent on external support, but the phase-out will still be achieved unconditionally in the 2040s, according to the country’s updated NDC

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