Hakima El Haite

Hakima El Haite (born 13 May 1963) is a Moroccan climate scientist, entrepreneur and politician. In 1994 she founded EauGlobe, the first environmental engineering firm in the MENA region. She served as minister delegate in charge of the environment for the Kingdom of Morocco from 2013 to 2017. In 2015, she was elected vice president of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). She was appointed special envoy for climate change of the Kingdom of Morocco from 2015 to 2017 and the high level climate champion of the United Nations International Climate Conference (COP22) from 2016 to 2017.

Hakima El Haite in May 2016

She is the current president of the Liberal International since December 2018, the first non-European in this post.[1]

Quotes

• I think it is very important for all of us to recognize that the non-State actors are already moving and there are many [actions], initiatives and coalitions and they are very active,
  • [1] role to play in implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change

• I think as Africans we need to have the same voice. We need to work together to make Africa shine
  • [2] global climate talk at COP 22

• We believe that Africans can build Africa
  • [3] global climate talk at COP 22
• Regulation is very clear: para-fiscal tax protects investment, improves the whole value chain, boosts growth and creates jobs. There are both eco-tax and eco-contribution measures on targeted products.
  • [4]
• Climate change is one of the most dangerous crises mankind has experienced in this century, impacting our lives
  • https://liberal-international.org/climate-justice-opening-address/
• Every time I come to the COP, I feel like we’re negotiating for who’s going to die and who’s going to live
  • https://liberal-international.org/climate-justice-opening-address/
• The links between climate, human rights and sustainable development are definitively established
  • https://liberal-international.org/climate-justice-opening-address/
• We call on our members to move from reflection to construction and to urge their government, their territorial communities, their industries to take responsibility for the development of resilient and sustainable public policies
  • https://liberal-international.org/climate-justice-opening-address/
• We are embarking on a new EIA (ère)??, a new industrial revolution
  • https://liberal-international.org/climate-justice-opening-address/
• it is to us, through the awareness of the citizens, the assistance of our governments, parliamentarians, our elected officials and our civil society that we will succeed in changing climate change
  • https://liberal-international.org/climate-justice-opening-address/