AMMAN —
Green Generation Foundation’s (GGF) second annual climate summit, held under
the title “Jordan Youth climate summit” on September 7-8, 2022, brought
together young activists with the aim of boosting their skills to tackle
climate action.
اضافة اعلان
The summit focused on Jordan’s position on the UN’s
Climate Conference COP 27, held in Egypt, and on climate justice at the
national level, and raising awaareness that climate change can have differing
social, economic, public health, and other adverse impacts on underprivileged
populations.
Several panel discussions were held on the effects
of climate change on the transportation sector, and on some climate initiatives
that were implemented in schools.
Abdallah Dreiat,
co-founder of GGF, told
Jordan News that “the main objective of the summit is
to bring together environmental NGOs, both local and international, and give
them the opportunity to introduce young activists to different programs and
tools that develop their skills in climate action”.
“Climate change is the main cause of the
agricultural crisis at national and international level,’s ” he said, adding
that “it is everyone’s responsibility to develop and support solutions to the
climate change crisis, as well as build adaptation scenarios to be part of the
change.”
A position paper issued at the conclusion of the
conference discussed agriculture in Jordan, as one of the most
climate-sensitive sectors, as well as how agriculture overlaps with the
majority of other national sectors, since it plays an important role in
financial stability, food security, job opportunities, stable biodiversity, and
others.
Nidal Atallah, Coordinator of the Environmental
Justice Program at the Heinrich Böll Foundation – Palestine and Jordan Office,
one of the partners that helped organize the meeting, said that the summit and
the training courses that preceded it “aim to develop the skills of youths to
enable them to engage in climate action and reach the stage of being decision
makers in Jordan.
“The focus this year has been on innovation and
community-supported initiatives, a topic we believe has the potential to help
Jordan achieve its climate ambitions,” Atallah said.
He added that efforts in the coming years will aim
to “initiate discussions on climate change and related topics, to contribute to
interdisciplinary participatory climate action through an approach based on
justice and human rights”.
Abdullah Alkhawaldeh, chairman of the Environment
Committee at the Agricultural Engineers Association, told
Jordan News that
“holding training and climate events strengthens the capabilities of young
people and increases their knowledge of climate action required today at
national and global levels in order to help face climate changes, which
directly affect more than one aspect of our lives”.
“Climate change affects young people directly, as it
threatens food security and water resources, exacerbated by the increase in
demand in light of the refugee crisis and population growth,” he pointed out.
The UNDP was another partner that helped the meeting take
place.
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