Aţ Ţafīlah

Jarash

‘Ajlūn

Ma‘ān

Az Zarqā’

Al Karak

Al ‘A̅şimah

Al Balqā’

Al Mafraq

Al ‘Aqabah

Irbid

Mādabā

Jordan

Local CSOs and CBOs in landscapes-seascapes around the world access grant financing and technical assistance, including capacity development and knowledge sharing to maintain and enhance their socio-ecological resilience, well-being and socio-economic conditions for global environmental benefits.

Mobilising private sector climate finance is an urgent priority to enable vulnerable countries to move towards a climate-resilient future rapidly.

This programme aims to achieve a systemic transformation of the financial sector in 13 countries by providing concessional financing for climate change mitigation and adaptation projects for small and medium enterprises, housing associations, municipalities, public utilities, and others.

Building upon Green Economy Financing Facility (FP025), it aims to leverage existing networks in each of the participating countries to develop climate-compatible financial systems, so that five per cent of banking sector assets, amounting to USD 180 billion, will be channeled to Paris-aligned pathways by the tenth year of programme implementation.

The programme comprises a lending envelope of USD 620 million for banks, microfinancing institutions and leasing companies, and a grant-funded technical assistance facility of USD 49 million to assist financial institutions with developing green transition plans. To foster gender-inclusive development and greater economic inclusion, the programme intends to commit at least 20 per cent of the loans to women or women-led businesses and 30 per cent to end borrowers outside the countries’ main cities.

Jordan faces extreme water scarcity, exacerbated by its arid climate and high temperatures, which often exceed 40°C in the summer. With only 125 cubic meters per capita per year of available water, Jordan is the fifth most water-stressed country globally. Climate change projections indicate worsening conditions, with reduced rainfall and increased evaporation rates leading to extended droughts and a shorter rainy season. This exacerbates the already severe water deficit and threatens agricultural production and food security. 

To address these challenges, this project supports integrated land and water resources management interventions. This approach seeks to transform landscape and water resources management in Jordan from a fragmented, sector-specific approach to an integrated, climate-resilient model, emphasising gender-responsive approaches to increase women's participation and resilience. 

The project will improve ecosystem management through land restoration. It will improve agricultural practices and manage aquifer recharge; deploy rainwater harvesting; reduce evaporation from the King Talal Dam; and strengthen water governance. In addition, a water fund will be established to promote the scale-up and the sustainability of good landscape management practices and promote water conservation in the agriculture sector, which currently takes the largest share of water demand.

This funding proposal was developed with support provided by the GCF Project Preparation Facility.

Enabling Activity Objective (max. 200 words, approximately a sentence or two): To develop Jordan`s First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) as stand-alone report and Fifth National Communication and Second Biennial Transparency Report (NC5/BTR2) as a combined report for the fulfillment of the obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (PA) in line with the Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines (MPGs) for the transparency framework for action and support referred to in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement (Decision 18/CMA .1) and the guidance on operationalizing the MPGs as per Decision 5/CMA.3. The project will further strengthen technical and institutional capacity to assist Jordan mainstream climate change concerns into sectoral and national development priorities and to enable the Entity and State Level Governments to respond to international environmental obligations by strengthening and giving continuity to the institutional and technical capacity development that has been initiated and sustained by the National Communications and the Biennial Update Report processes to date.

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