Jordan

Jordan updated its first nationally determined contributions and submitted it in October of 2021. In this submission the Government of Jordan decided to make it more ambitious with a target of 31% of GHG emissions reduction compared to a business as usual (BAU) scenario by 2030 with a total estimated cost of 7.60 billion dollars. The target was estimated based on the national policies, sectoral plans and actions with a governmental commitment to achieve 5% GHGs emissions reduction unconditionally, and 26% reduction upon the availability of international support. The NDC target is an economy wide covers the energy including transport, the industrial processes and product use, the solid waste and wastewater, and AFOLU sectors. This updated submission of the NDCs is assumed to be key part of the country’s post COVID-19 recovery plan for a lower carbon and more climate resilient development pathway.

The Country is exposed to the impacts of climate change more than others in particular to extreme events of high temperature and drought in the last decades, which have affected and will continue to affect the water resources directly. The vulnerable sectors and the sectoral adaptation actions including water sector are identified in the recently developed National Adaptation Plan (NAP).  The adaptation interventions that were adopted in the updated NDC is directly linked to the National Adaptation Plan.

Jordan’s Second Biennial Update Report for the base year 2016 shows that Jordan contributed by more than 31 million tons of CO2 eq. The Energy sector is responsible about 76% of the total national emissions, followed by the waste sector which contributed by more than 12%. The national sectoral strategic policies are in place and all were developed through stakeholder consultation processes where the climate change mainstreaming still needs more enhancement activities to raise awareness on its impacts as well as on the available opportunities to invest in while implementing the NDCs identified-actions to contribute to the country’s sustainable development goals.