AMMAN — Amman has made it on the list of
leaders in the field of climate action, according to the Carbon Disclosure
Organization (CDP)-2022 A-List of cities, making it the first
Middle Eastern Arab city to receive this classification.
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The greater Amman metropolitan area is among 122
global cities to have achieved the highest total points in the field of climate
action, in terms of environmental impact and carbon disclosure.
Only 12 percent of the cities on the list achieved
an A rating, Amman included; the qualification is given in view of the
“excellence of those in charge of climate and environmental action, and
transparency”, despite the pressures and challenges posed by the the global
economic situation.
Mayor of Amman
Yousef Al-Shawarbeh said that making
it on the list and being given the A rating by the CDP — a non-profit which
runs an environmental disclosure system for companies, cities, states, and
regions — is a result of the measures and strategies taken by the city to
tackle climate change, which will help build a green future and motivate other
countries to follow suit.
To score an A, among other actions, a city must make
a public disclosure through CDP, have a city-wide emissions inventory, and have
published a climate action plan.
The scoring criteria for emissions reduction targets
have been strengthened in order to align them with science-based climate
targets, to include a long-term (by 2050) net-zero target or a mid-term target
of contributing a fair share toward limiting global warming to 1.5˚C.
An A List city
must also complete a climate risk and
vulnerability assessment and have a climate
adaptation plan to demonstrate how it will tackle climate hazards.
The list shows that only one of every 10 cities
scored an A rating. The Greater Amman Municipality has made public its Amman
Climate Change Plan that was launched in 2019 as part of its membership in the
C40 Leadership Cities Network.
This year, for the first time, over 1,000 cities
were scored by CDP, with just over one in 10 cities scoring an A. North America
accounts for the largest share of cities (49) on the 2022 leaders list,
followed by Europe, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, and Africa.
The city of Amman pledged to honor its commitment to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions in all sectors of the economy, to contribute to the
global effort to achieve climate stability.
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