Part of Jordan’s Environment & Climate Month 2025
Amman, 5 November 2025 – The European Union, the Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST), Orange Jordan, and SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications within the Middle East) joined forces immediately to host a roundtable on “How innovation builds climate change resilience and fuels prosperity.”
Held on the Orange Innovation Hub in Amman, the roundtable introduced collectively roughly 70 researchers, enterprise representatives, and policymakers from the EU and Jordan to alternate concepts on how science and know-how can drive Jordan’s local weather resilience and open recent alternatives for inexperienced prosperity.
The roundtable was held as a part of the Ministry of Environment and the French Embassy’s Climate and Environment Month initiative. The occasion marks World Science Day for Peace and Development, celebrated globally every year on 10 November. This 12 months’s theme, “Trust, Transformation, and Tomorrow: The Science We Need for 2050,” highlights the important function of science in selling sustainability, well-being, and peace.
In her opening remarks on behalf of H.E. Pierre-Christophe Chatzisavas, Ambassador of the European Union to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Hanina ben Bernou, Attaché – Green Business, Innovation and Connectivity, emphasised that “Science and innovation are key to achieving a greener and more resilient future. The EU wants to provide full support to Jordan’s research and innovation community. Two European programmes may offer unique collaboration opportunities: Horizon Europe, which funds cutting-edge research in that field, and PRIMA, which supports sustainable solutions for water, food, and agriculture across the Mediterranean region. Jordan’s active participation in these initiatives, together with its important role in SESAME, will highlight the country’s distinct capacity to translate innovation and knowledge into tangible benefits for its economy, jobs, health, and security.”
Speaking on behalf of the Minister of Higher Education, Ahmed Jamil Almasa’fa, Director of the General Education Department on the Ministry of Education, affirmed that funding in science schooling and innovation is prime to constructing a society able to adapting to local weather and developmental modifications. The Ministry emphasised its dedication to enhancing environmental consciousness inside the curriculum and empowering college students and academics to undertake academic practices that promote sustainability and environmental accountability. It additionally harassed the significance of collaborating with nationwide and worldwide companions to solidify a tradition of science and innovation as key drivers for a extra affluent and sustainable future.
From his aspect, the CEO of Orange Jordan, Eng. Philippe Mansour, reaffirmed the corporate’s perception that innovation and collective motion are key to constructing a sustainable future, guided by Orange’s Lead the Future technique and its dedication to attaining net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
Eng. Mansour added that, on the event of this World Science Day for Peace and Development, Orange Jordan’s imaginative and prescient is translated into measurable impression via initiatives comparable to the corporate’s three photo voltaic farms, which now provide over 47% of its electrical energy wants and have helped keep away from greater than 187,823 tons of CO₂ emissions since 2019.
Speakers explored how analysis and innovation are driving options for local weather resilience – from clear applied sciences and renewable power programs to data-driven environmental monitoring and nature-based approaches. They additionally mentioned how stronger partnerships between authorities, academia, and the personal sector can speed up Jordan’s inexperienced transition.
Climate change stays one of the vital urgent challenges of our time. Limiting international warming to 1.5°C, as set out within the Paris Agreement, would require deep transformations throughout all productive sectors and society at giant. The occasion underscored that innovation and collaboration are central to attaining this objective.