El Haite worked for the urban agency of Fez in territorial administration until 1993. She was also the Treasurer of the National Union of Women. In 1994, she founded the company EauGlobe, which specializes in engineering and environmental consulting. Morocco also has environmental police. She participated in the
2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw and
2014 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Lima before taking a leading role in
2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, the
climate change negotiations in Paris in December 2015. In May 2016, she was appointed a "High Level Climate Change Champion" by the Conference of Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. On 19 September 2016, El Haite gave the keynote address at the opening event of
Climate Week NYC in New York City, calling on world leaders to move from their
Paris Agreement commitments to more robust climate action. She was a host of
2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference in
Marrakesh in November 2016. ==Personal life==