Energy Sector Green Growth National Action Plan (GG-NAP) 2021-2025.

This Energy Sector Green Growth Action National Action Plan (GG-NAP) outlines a green growth framework and actions for the sector aligned with the National Green Growth Plan (NGGP), Jordan Vision 2025, and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris agreement. Other than Energy, the Plans outline sector-level green growth frameworks and actions for the Agriculture, Tourism, Transport, Waste and Water sectors to support implementation of Jordan’s green growth vision and strengthen future ability to recovery and contain shocks from catastrophic events such as COVID 19. Defined as Economic Growth that is environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive, the Green Growth is a multi-sector development approach. The GG-NAP outlines five national green growth objectives on which the Energy Sector GG-NAP was developed (1) enhance natural capital aiming to improve the quality and quantity of natural resources used to generate economic growth and provide ecosystem services that support economic activities; (2) sustainable economic growth aiming to improve the enabling environment for the creation of long-term, inclusive socioeconomic development; (3) social development and poverty reduction aiming to s to increase the equity with which the benefits of economic development and access to services are distributed across society; (4) resource efficiency aiming to improve the efficiency – reducing the wastefulness – of the economy by achieving higher efficiency in the production and consumption of economic outputs; (5) climate change adaptation and mitigation aiming to improving Jordan’s resilience to the effects of climate change and decreasing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. From these national objectives, the Energy Sector GG-NAP identifies several sector sub-objectives that serve to mainstream the overarching green growth objectives into energy sector policies and investments. The Energy Sector Green Growth National Action Plan implementation will lead to the following transformational impacts (i) achieving a cleaner energy mix through renewable energy as well as a reduction in national Green House Gas (GHG) emissions by 14%; (ii) promoting the revitalization of the energy services market and the pursuit of energy sector innovation as a driver of future economic growth and employment; (iii) increasing the readiness of key national institutions to attract climate finance; (iv) achieving energy efficiency through green building and construction, electric transport, and appliances. The sector sub-objectives identified are (i) limit air pollution from fossil fuel use; (ii) reduce impact on natural resources from energy and minerals exploration and production, including water; (iii) reduce the country’s reliance on fossil fuel imports; (iv) increase the affordability of energy for industrial and commercial consumers; (v) support the reduction of energy sector-based public debt; (vi) increase competition and strengthen regulation of the electricity market; (vii) enhance innovation and technical capacities in the energy sector; (viii) improve the affordability of clean energy for low-income communities; (ix) maintain access to reliable, affordable and sustainable energy for all; (x) increase opportunity for employment in the energy sector, especially for women and youth; (xi) enable refugees and host communities to access adequate, affordable and secure energy supply; (xii) increase use of waste to energy approaches to produce energy (biofuels and electricity generation); (xiii) reduce energy network losses and improve energy management in utilities; (xiv) increase the efficiency of energy use (including electricity and fuels).