"It will, I believe, extremely difficult" to go back, he said in an interview with AFP, two days after the victory of Donald Trump, who denied the role of Man in climate change and said he did not want to respect the Paris agreement.
In New York, Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the UN, has convinced him said Friday that the president-elect will not jeopardize the pact sealed last year, after tough negotiations with lasted several years.
"I am sure he will understand the importance, seriousness and urgency" of this issue, he said in an interview with AFP.
"The climate issue is a matter that concerns the whole world, it? S our Earth is concerned and threatened," said his side Salaheddine Mezouar, whose country hosts from 7 to 18 November in Marrakech representatives of more than 190 countries to agree on the implementation of last year pact sealed.
Moroccan Minister highlighted "the extraordinary mobilization that COP Marrakech records of the international community," the country as "non-state actors who are mobilized aujourd? Hui".
Sixty heads of state are expected next Tuesday in Marrakech, Salaheddine Mezouar assured that "many States (were) announced? to Increase their ambition next week."
The commitments of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases announced by the country before the COP21 will not allow to limit warming to 2 ° C - rather between three and four degrees - hence the need for action more ambitious.
The poorest countries are also waiting for more specific commitments on aid to fight against global warming, the annual amount should reach $ 100 billion in 2020.
With these concerns in mind and after the surprise election of Donald Trump, a dozen ministers (France, Germany, Morocco, Norway, Sweden, Bangladesh, Gambia, etc.), and the European Commissioner for Energy and Climate Miguel Arias Canete and the spokesman of the least developed countries group Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu, Friday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen the action of all to limit climate disturbances.
"Our determination to show leadership on climate is unshakable, as is our commitment to working with the entire international community, including the United States, to deal with? One of the greatest challenges of our time" they wrote.
"This must redouble our will (...) it is even the opportunity for a start," he told AFP Segolene Royal, the French Environment Minister and former President of the COP, for which "Paris agreement should continue to gain momentum in the deployment of the shares and the ratifications".
Of the 196 member countries of the UN Climate Convention, 105 - representing over 70% of emissions - have ratified the agreement.
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