AMMAN — A draft document seen by Al-Ghad states that the government is
mulling whether to “reduce or eliminate
the tax on electric cars,” and trying to increase the percentage of travelers
using public transport to 35 percent by 2030.
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Under the tentative plan "Jordan's Environment Document 2030," the
Ministry of Environment, working with other authorities, "seeks to reduce
the number of deaths and diseases caused by toxic substances,” such as vehicle
emissions, air, water, and soil pollution by 30 percent.
According to the draft, which was prepared by the Ministry of Environment, with
technical support from the
German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)
and the Development Dimension Company for Environmental Consulting and Disaster
Risk Reduction, “the document has set ambitious goals to reduce the city of
Amman’s emissions of carbon dioxide, by 7.4 million tons, or Equivalent to 40
percent.”
The document also addresses the effects of climate change, land use, water
extraction, natural habitat degradation, pollution, chemicals, waste and its
management, industrial
environment, infrastructure and environmental health,
energy efficiency and transportation.
The content of the draft is currently being presented to partners from the
public and private sectors, and civil society institutions for consultation
regarding the goals.
Among these goals is “increasing the lands planted with forests by 10 percent in
2025, and to 23 percent in 2030, and reducing the area of forests affected by
fires by 3 percent annually.”
The draft stated that “the ministry seeks, in cooperation with the concerned
sectors, to reduce air pollution levels, increase monitoring to cover 95
percent of the population, and reduce levels of sound and visual pollution
within cities.”
The draft
also includes increasing public green spaces by 50 percent.
Among the ambitious goals the ministry is mulling in the water sector, are
“improving water quality by reducing pollution, preventing waste dumping in
waterways, reducing disposal of chemicals and hazardous materials, increasing
recycling, and the safe use of water in Jordan.”
According to the draft, the ministry, in cooperation with various institutions,
seeks to “protect 15 percent of Jordan’s land and sea area, through a network
of nature reserves and special protection areas, to ensure the sustainability
of vital populations of wild species, reduce the proportion of endangered
species by 20 percent, and enhance genetic diversity.”
The draft also shows an ambitious target of renewable energy accounting for 20
percent of the total energy mix by 2030, with about 50 percent of electricity
coming from renewable energy.
There are
also 10 goals listed dedicated to urban development and “controlling urban
dispersal, increasing population density in urban areas through inclusive
planning, stopping the encroachment of urban areas on agricultural lands, and
stopping the encroachment on the natural forest environment.”
The document
also identifies three goals to implement by 2030 to fight climate change, including
creating a 10 percent investment in the climate fund, increasing the number of
people and companies supporting the adaption to climate change.
The document also aims to emphasize the importance of public sector
institutions, related institutions, the private sector, educational
institutions, non-governmental organizations, development partners, local
communities, and relevant stakeholders “to continue working closely together,
to achieve the goals of the document, and to integrate them into sectoral
plans.”
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