Stockholm+50 is an international meeting convened by the United Nations General Assembly to be held in Stockholm, Sweden from 2-3 June 2022. It will commemorate the 50 years since the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, which made the environment a pressing global issue for the first time. Now, 50 years after that Stockholm meeting, the world faces multiple planetary crisis of climate change, nature degradation and biodiversity loss, threatening current and future prosperity and wellbeing.
National consultations are sought to deliver forward-looking action-oriented recommendations and commitments to secure long-lasting impact well beyond Stockholm+50 international meeting. One of the three national consultations of Jordan was held in Aqaba with the attendance of Dr. Nidal Al Majali – Commissioner for Tourism and Environment for Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) – and Engineer Khaled Abu Aisheh – Head of Aqaba Marine Reserve.
Civil society organisations, private sector representatives, as well as different panelists of the Jordanian Ministry of Environment were present to discuss and present solutions for a sustainable and inclusive national Covid-19 recovery plan while taking into consideration the needs of the region in terms of its unique habitat and ecosystem relative to other areas of Jordan.
The fact that community members and academics were present at the consultation meant that voices of indigenous people and locals were amplified and highlighted. The aforementioned will not be limited only to the national scale but shall be achieved internationally as well with the inclusion of their comments, concerns and feedback in the Stockholm +50 National Consultations for Jordan Report and their presentation at the upcoming conference in June.
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