Report assesses generation of green jobs in Jordan

Report assesses generation of green jobs in Jordan

AMMAN — Promoting green investments will play a pivotal role in creating and sustaining green jobs in Jordan as well as supporting a transition towards a green economy in the Kingdom, according to the recent Green Jobs Assessment in Jordan Synthesis Report.

The study covers current levels of green employment across six sectors: Agriculture, transport, water and waste, manufacturing, tourism and energy. All together they generate between 74,135 and 95,060 jobs.

The transport and agriculture sectors have the highest number of green jobs, according to the report.

The report is part of the “Green Action in Enterprises” (GAIN) project, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and implemented by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) , cooperated with Cambridge Econometrics using the International Labour Organization (ILO) GAIN methodology.

The report says that national strategies and individual sector green initiatives are expected to increase employment above the business-as-usual case.

Six sector-level green initiatives were selected for simulation with a macroeconomic model, showing that direct investments in the green economy can indeed yield economic benefits while helping to preserve and restore the environment at the same time.

By 2030, over 350 direct green jobs could be created from investments in specific green economy