Implementation Support for the National Green Growth Plan of Jordan

A number of key trends exist in Jordan that pose challenges to the country’s sustainable development, including severe water shortages and water systems degradation, limited conventional energy resources and security, waste management, as well as complex human migration in and around the country. Nevertheless, Jordan has high ambitions and potential for economic growth. To deliver on this potential, while at the same time addressing sustainability challenges, Jordan developed the National Green Growth Plan (NGGP) in 2016 with GGGI support. The NGGP provides a comprehensive development approach to green growth planning and implementation, supported by the quantitative analysis of 24 projects across six green growth sectors, namely energy, water, waste, transport, tourism and agriculture. However, to successfully implement the NGGP, the following barriers need to be overcome: a lack of financing resources and a lack of technical capabilities