Mainstreaming of Climate Change Adaptation in Moroccan Companies: Tools, Teachings, and Perspectives

Jaouhari, Youssef; Stour, Laila; Agoumi, Ali

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“…The purpose of this step was to collect feedback on the deployment of the tool at the level of the companies examined to identify possible areas for improvement. The results of this survey were supported by an in-depth analysis of the evaluation reports of a sample of 20 Moroccan companies operating in the agribusiness and textile sectors (Jaouhari, Stour, and Agoumi 2021b). Following a strengthening organizational learning approach to adaptation, SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis was conducted.…”

Section: Climate Expert Analysismentioning

confidence: 86%

“…The identified constraints are related to the requirements of conducting such an analysis in terms of the basic data used to calculate the economic parameters. The selection of appropriate adaptation techniques and technologies is also considered a critical aspect that sometimes requires proven expertise in the field (Jaouhari, Stour, and Agoumi 2021b). The following table provides an overview of the methods, techniques, and theories that could be mobilized as the optimized tool is rolled out.…”

Section: Use a Diverse Range Of Decision Support Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, CE evaluations conducted with Moroccan firms show that multi-criteria analysis and cost-benefit analysis can be complex and time-consuming (Jaouhari, Stour, and Agoumi 2021b). Multicriteria analysis requires the optimization of the number of criteria to be kept in the evaluation grid.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Adaptation represents an opportunity to innovate and create a new flow of business as emerging markets in new energy technologies and other low carbon-intensive products and services (Sharma 2016). Generally, Moroccan SMEs focus almost exclusively on the competitive advantages of controlling production costs and anticipating new environmental regulations, instead of developing or having developed specific technologies in response to climate challenges (Jaouhari, Stour, and Agoumi 2021b).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It also enables selected adaptation options to be prioritized using decision-support tools such as multi-criteria analysis and cost-benefit analysis. The CE tool has been used to conduct approximately twenty assessments of Moroccan companies in the textile and agrifood sectors in practice (Jaouhari, Stour, and Agoumi 2021b;Strasser and Mewes 2013). The focus group analysis conducted in our previous work Agoumi 2021a, 2021b) identified ways to improve the CE process itself and highlighted accompanying measures to facilitate awareness and implementation of this process.…”

Section: Prospects For Optimizing the Ce Toolmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Towards a standardized tool for improving the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Moroccan private companies

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Climate change (CC) represents new and unprecedented challenges for businesses and is now viewed as a new business imperative. Unlike large multinationals, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are particularly vulnerable to climatic hazards, and often lack flexibility in the distribution of their risks. To preserve their business and sustainably strengthen their resilience and competitive advantages, SMEs must now systematically integrate adaptation to the impacts of CC in their business strategies and the various links in their value chain. Therefore, it is necessary to provide them with appropriate methodological tools dedicated to the assessment of their vulnerabilities and risks and the development of CC resilience strategies. Using an optimized approach to Moroccan SMEs, this research work provides a sequential flowchart to characterize and prioritize climate risks, identify potential business opportunities, and develop a coherent strategy to adapt to climate change, integrated with the Greenhouse Gas mitigation process. The development of this flowchart was guided by the results of the evaluation of the implementation of the Climate Expert tool to help analyze climate risks and opportunities- with several Moroccan companies and the benchmark of the instruments for screening and evaluating climate risks relevant to the Moroccan business context. Consequently, three main areas of impact have been identified, covering the company's core operations, the value chain and the external environment. Later, this flowchart will serve as the basis for developing an online tool for managers to assess vulnerability to climate risks at the scale of their companies and to identify and prioritize adaptation measures.

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Section: Climate Expert Analysismentioning

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Section: Use a Diverse Range Of Decision Support Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Use a Diverse Range Of Decision Support Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Imperative Of Mainstreaming Adaptation To Moroccan Busin...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Towards a standardized tool for improving the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Moroccan private companies

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Stour,

Agoumi

2023

Multidiscip. Sci. J.

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Adaptation to climate change of Moroccan companies: towards an appropriate climate risk anticipation tool

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In a fragile and unpredictable economic and health context, Climate Change (CC) is emerging as an eminent issue for businesses in Morocco. This planetary scourge is a double-edged issue. It exacerbates the vulnerability of these companies by affecting the supply of raw materials, energy, and water. It can also be an opportunity for companies that opt for innovative mitigation and adaptation solutions to address CC. Today, the tools and approaches for monitoring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are relatively standardized and known. However, the methods used to characterize vulnerability and develop adaptation strategies remain limited and little known. To this end, the Climate Expert tool (CE)† has been tested on a panel of Moroccan companies to enable them to characterize their vulnerability to CC and to develop relevant adaptation strategies. A global and detailed analysis was carried out on the evaluation reports, the results of a targeted survey, and completed by a SWOT‡ analysis on the consistency and use of the CE tool. Three groups of interlocutors were involved in this analysis: CE experts, economic operators, and state and project officials. To better plan adaptation measures, this analysis emphasizes the need to move the approach proposed by CE towards an integrated, standardized design. In addition, the implementation of adaptation requires, in particular the setting up of support and advisory instruments and entities in charge of steering adaptation actions within companies. The next stage of this work will be devoted to improving and adapting the CE tool to meet the needs of concrete actions in such companies to deal with CC.

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Mainstreaming of Climate Change Adaptation in Moroccan Companies: Tools, Teachings, and Perspectives

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Towards a standardized tool for improving the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Moroccan private companies

Towards a standardized tool for improving the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Moroccan private companies

Adaptation to climate change of Moroccan companies: towards an appropriate climate risk anticipation tool

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