About the Reflective Cycle The purpose of the Reflective Cycle was to explore how a new, holistic approach to climate change and the SDGs more broadly might help to boost the contribution of private business and finance in Egypt and Morocco. To this end, one SDG topic, climate change, and its current treatment was taken as an entry point for the exploration.

The Reflective Cycle combined desktop research with several rounds of discussion conducted in each country, involving government stakeholders, alongside a handful of local private sector stakeholders, including from the finance sector (see the Acknowledgements section for a full list of participants).

There were three rounds of research, bilateral consultations and group debates. The aim of Round One was to agree on the baseline, i.e. the current state of play in Egypt and Morocco. Round 2 focused on the main hurdles and underlying issues, and finally Round 3 explored specific solutions and actions to be put in place in the form of a Roadmap