Jordan
Jordan's intervention during the CSD 14 afternoon Session in conference room 2 on May
4th
Many developing countries are in a catch 22 situation because while they realize and recognize
the need to up- grade their power plants and build their efficiencies of their industrial sector, they
do not own the imported technologies nor the rights to upgrade them. Moreover to request or
contract the international companies to do so would cost hundreds of millions of Dollars which
cannot be bourn by any government alone and thus would most likely be passed on to the
consumers. It would make more economic sense to introduce and rely more on low cost / no cost
approaches and the use of indigenous and available energies in order to supplement our
conventional energy sources and build the industrial sector's energy efficiency. Much of this
effort can be achieved by developing and strengthening national Cleaner Production(CP)
Centers and programs this however, requires a more affordable and sustainable approach and
would require a reasonable level of clean technology transfer , training, information exchange,
attractive financial mechanisms and incentives which also needs to be developed in cooperation
with international donors and partners.
I would like to point out at this point that Jordan is actively engaged in the Cleaner Development
Mechanism (CDM) and Cleaner Production (CP) through the Jordan Cleaner Production
Program (JCPP) and we thank all our international partners for their cooperation in this effort
and look forward to further developing these and other similar programs . We remind you of the
developed country's commitment during the WSSD to provide 0.7 % of their GNP towards the
achieving of sustainable development in developing countries.
4th
Many developing countries are in a catch 22 situation because while they realize and recognize
the need to up- grade their power plants and build their efficiencies of their industrial sector, they
do not own the imported technologies nor the rights to upgrade them. Moreover to request or
contract the international companies to do so would cost hundreds of millions of Dollars which
cannot be bourn by any government alone and thus would most likely be passed on to the
consumers. It would make more economic sense to introduce and rely more on low cost / no cost
approaches and the use of indigenous and available energies in order to supplement our
conventional energy sources and build the industrial sector's energy efficiency. Much of this
effort can be achieved by developing and strengthening national Cleaner Production(CP)
Centers and programs this however, requires a more affordable and sustainable approach and
would require a reasonable level of clean technology transfer , training, information exchange,
attractive financial mechanisms and incentives which also needs to be developed in cooperation
with international donors and partners.
I would like to point out at this point that Jordan is actively engaged in the Cleaner Development
Mechanism (CDM) and Cleaner Production (CP) through the Jordan Cleaner Production
Program (JCPP) and we thank all our international partners for their cooperation in this effort
and look forward to further developing these and other similar programs . We remind you of the
developed country's commitment during the WSSD to provide 0.7 % of their GNP towards the
achieving of sustainable development in developing countries.
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