This session will explore how climate action is used by Morocco to entrench its illegal occupation and bolster its green credentials, and how the Sahrawi people are systematically excluded from international climate finance and governance mechanisms, increasing their vulnerability and inhibiting their ability to adapt. It will examine the Sahrawi vision for climate action, and the centrality of self-determination for tackling climate injustice.

Contributors: Oubi Buchraya Bahir - Polisario representative to the EU and Europe, Sidi Breika - Polisario representative in the UK, Mohamen Cherif - Association pour la Sauvegarde de l’Environnement du Sahara Occidental ASESO, France, Nick Brooks, Sara Eyckmans - Western Sahara Resource Watch