Moroccan textile enterprises and European buyers are exploring how to mitigate climate risk with the aim of initiating joint actions and establishing climate resilient value chains. Buyers participated in sensitization workshops and took part in a selection of customized coaching sessions together with their respective suppliers at a session held in Morocco on April 10 and 11.

Adapting to climate change is a serious challenge for governments, businesses and communities. Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, particularly in developing countries, are seeing their operations face volatility due to climate change related issues such as increased prices for raw materials, energy and water, and also degraded transport routes and processing facilities as a result of heavy rainfalls or drought.

As climate change affects all stakeholders along the supply chain, partnership between suppliers and buyers is important in formulating effective and multidimensional responses.

Along with the Moroccan textile sector, the project, aims at strengthening competitiveness through climate resilience in international value chains, focused on the Kenyan agri-food sector. The interventions are aimed at improving the risk management of Moroccan textile suppliers, and Kenyan coffee and tea suppliers, supporting companies to integrate climate-change considerations in their risk analysis and helping them to create climate adaptation plans.