Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Jordan. Challenges and Obstacles

Master's Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - Topic: International Organisations grade: 20 University of Frankfurt (Main) course: Internationale Studien language: English abstract: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is characterized by a high vulnerability regarding climate change-induced effects and environmental developments. As governmental bodies seem to fail the task of preserving the human habitat environmental NGOs are already filling a gap. Likewise the cooperation with international organizations is also an important factor for the work of national NGOs. This raises the question if and how the government of Jordan and international organization create obstacles for environmental NGOs. After conducting an analysis inspired by grounded theory including a two step coding process of primary data it becomes obvious that environmental NGOs in Jordan are facing several challenges. Firstly they are adopting governmental tasks. Secondly NGOs are challenged by a high level of competition. Thirdly they are confronted with difficulties created by international organizations and the government. Furthermore those actors are in need of gaining financial security and to improve international cooperation within the Levant to diminish climate change-induced effects negative environmental developments and to contribute to a sustainable environment.