Episode #44: Climate Leaders 101: King Mohammed VI

About this episode

This episode explores the climate leadership of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and the country's ambitious environmental policies.

In this episode, we sat down with Finja Ullrich and Aleksej Obradovic to examine the climate leadership of King Mohammed VI of Morocco. Under his reign, Morocco has launched some of the most ambitious environmental policies on the African continent, including the Green Morocco Plan, a national strategy for renewable energy, and the country’s first adaptation plan. We discuss how Morocco’s environmental challenges, from drought and desertification to rising sea levels, have shaped a climate agenda rooted in national survival, economic modernization, and global leadership. This episode is the sixth and last of our series as part of the IExRAIA Summer Research Program of 2025. RAIA has invited twelve IE University students to join our think tank and spend 9 weeks researching a figure from around the world to try to answer a simple question: Are they a climate leader? Don’t forget to read Finja and Aleksej’s article ( https://raiagroup.org/mohammed-36-billion-climate-plan-resilience-morocco ) and report ( https://raiagroup.org/ie-university-x-raia-research-program-2025 ).

People in this episode

Host: RAIA

Guests: Finja Ullrich, Aleksej Obradovic

Topics covered

• climate leadership
• environmental policies
• renewable energy
• national strategy
• climate challenges
• economic modernization

Keywords

• climate leadership
• King Mohammed VI
• Morocco
• Green Morocco Plan
• renewable energy
• environmental challenges
• IExRAIA Summer Research Program

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IE University, RAIA

Places: Morocco

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