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AlGhad Newspaper, Saturday 07 Nov, 2009 European Union calls on Jordan not to “stand hand-folded” with regards to climate change. Ambassadors of Sweden and the European Union in Jordan consider that the interest in environmental matters requires a political decision. The European Union calls for exclusion of linkage between environmental protection and financial costs. The Developing Countries aim success to Copenhagen and Oil Countries fear the affect on their economic returns. The European Union considers that interest in environmental affairs in the Arab World needs a political decision, demanding at the same time the exclusion of linkage between environment protection and the requirements for implementing specialized projects in this field from financial costs that might be too expensive currently. It also considers that the benefits of the implementation of the environment friendly projects far outweigh the costs, and if done will significantly benefit on the local communities and the Arab countries alike. Therefore, the Union urges Jordan to not remain idly to the phenomenon of climate change until the completion of projects to counteract this phenomenon such as the alternative energy project which requires five years or more. In an interview to “ALGHAD” with the Swedish Ambassador to Jordan Ms. Charlotta Sparre, whose country holds the current EU presidency, and the Ambassador of the European Union in Amman Mr. Patrick Renauld , The Union considered that Jordan should take steps and practical solutions although simple by continuing the awareness campaigns, especially with regards to cars usage, as spreading awareness among the members of the local community and within the different age groups ensures the establishment of the next generation who is able to assume its responsibilities by being a partner with the government and the private sector in preserving the environment. Despite the frequent talk about the high cost needed by several projects related to private environment and climate change, the EU calls Jordan to “condone this dilemma, especially that the future returns of such projects will be exponentially on the various economic, social and environmental aspects”. The EU has provided Jordan a grant of up to 10 million Euro to establish a center for research on alternative energy as one solution to deal with climate change which requires high cost that the developing countries can not provide by its own. The Center will start its work in mid November “the current” , which will work to provide the youngsters with skills and experience that qualify them to use the alternative energy and spread it in the Kingdom. The Ambassador of Sweden, Ms. Charlotta Sparre, said to “AlGhad” that Sweden and the EU are very worried about the negative effects of climate change therefore they set very ambitious targets with binding mechanisms to guarantee a unilateral 20% greenhouse gas emission reduction by 2020 and preparedness to increase this to a 30% reduction in the context of a fair and ambitious global agreement in Copenhagen. The Ambassador of Sweden pointed out the need for other developed countries to commit themselves for similar reductions, and for developing countries to contribute adequately according to the responsibilities and capabilities of each of them, and said that this would guarantee achieving further progress in the way of reducing harmful gas emissions. She showed that the main objective that the EU seeks to achieve is to reach a resolution with the other parties to conclude a global convention on climate change that can into force in 2013. The future’s convention, supposedly to be signed during Copenhagen Conference that will be held in Denmark next month, is to cover all world’s countries as well as ensure the possibility of achieving the goal of the two degrees “reducing gas emission in the world to just two degrees” that was set by the EU itself and to promote the sustainable development and increase the technological cooperation between the world’s countries. Sparre said that “to address the consequences of the serious challenges of climate change requires concerted efforts at the global level by governments and the private sector and society as a whole”, adding that “the partnership between Jordan and the EU is a model for strategic cooperation in the field of environment”. The partnership between the EU and Jordan is represented in helping the Ministry of Environment on developing strategies and policies in the areas of climate change, water, and alternatives energy, according to the EU Ambassador in Amman, Mr. Patrick Renauld. Mr. Renauld pointed that the EU provided a grant to Jordan of up to 10 million Euros to establish a center for research on alternative energy as one solution to deal with climate change which requires high cost could that the developing countries are not able to cover by its own. The Center will start its work in mid November “the current” , which will work to provide the youngsters with skills and experience that qualify them to use the alternative energy and spread it in the Kingdom, according to Renauld. The EU Ambassador considered that the importance of youth lies in the existence of constructive thinking and new creative ideas they can provide in the environmental economic field which is considered the fundamental supporter in facing the climate change phenomena. And one of the important things that should be used in the field of alternative energy, is providing guidance to the community’s members on the necessity of, for example, turn off the electricity when leaving or if staying in one room at home, according to Sparre. Sparre pointing that “recycling and use of water in the areas of irrigated agriculture is one of the solutions in facing water shortages caused by climate change”. But Sparre stressed that the partnership between the government and the private sector is considered “to create and support the alternative energy programs in Jordan”, And she said “Jordan should not remain “hand folded” to the phenomenon of climate change until the completion of projects that counteract this phenomenon such as the alternative energy project which requires five years or more, but Jordan has to take steps and solutions even if simple through continued awareness campaigns especially with regards to cars exhausts”. The small solutions help Jordan and other countries to reduce the impact of climate change and its negative impact which will enable them to put the future’s prevention steps and not treatment, according to Renauld. According to Sparre’s point of view, launching the concept of green taxes used by countries around the world in one of the steps that can be taken in Jordan currently if the abilities are provided to find alternatives for the local community. One of those alternatives is equipping a public transport network that is usable by the public instead of driving their private vehicles which will reduce the traffic jams and gas emissions which are affecting the climate change phenomena, according to Sparre. Renauld considered that the green taxes idea could be applicable in several countries and in differed way that suits them. Among the suggestions provided by Sparre , that Jordan worked on launching them, the idea of Eco-cities, as they represent a step toward finding areas of nature devoid of any future environmental issues. Despite the frequent talk about the high cost that the private environmental projects related to climate change require, Sparre considered that Jordan should aim to overcome this dilemma especially when the earning of such future projects will be exponentially on the various economic, social and environmental aspects”. Sparre gave an example of such projects through launching the idea of using the “solar heaters” where the cost shouldn’t be taken into consideration in comparison with the future outcome. Renauld endorsed Sparre’s point of view, that the outcome which will be gained when “implementing clean environmental projects” will increase the certainty that pollution and environmental problems will not have a significant presence as it is now”. But in the beginning individuals behaviors must be changed in order to spread the benefits, according to Renauld, who pointed out that opening projects and environmental programs will create more jobs that will support the local economy in resources and energies of highly qualified. Renauld talked about the EU’s role in providing private funds to support the developing countries which are affected by the climate change phenomena through establishing different environmental projects and programs . Regarding the interaction of the Arab countries with the Copenhagen agreement which will be signed on in Denmark next month, December, Sparre pointed out that there are different interests of the regional states in this regard, not least between the oil-producing countries and non-oil-producing countries. She also cleared that the developing countries and other stakeholders affected by the phenomenon of climate change such as Jordan are striving for the success of the conference and push for the signing of the convention which will contribute to reducing gas emission and control of the future’s rates. However, the oil-producing countries such as the Gulf States have their own concerns and interests that “might reflect on its position from the agreement and the conference due to the fact that they do not want their oil trade to be affected or the economic revenues from oil to derive”. Renauld considered that the climate change and the environmental respect “will not be a subject of great interest to the Arab countries unless it falls within the political area which is the focus of great interest”. Renauld hopes to the success of the Copenhagen Conference and the signature on the Agreement which will distribute the responsibility of reducing the gas emissions on the world’s countries equally. It is reported that Jordan had signed the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which emphasized the need to take actions to address climate change, also joined in 2003 the Kyoto Protocol, which entered into force in 2005 and was made to specify the targets for the reduction of the emission for developed countries.