Israel/Jordan: Former Foes Israel and Jordan Work Together to Combat Energy and Water Scarcity

Jan 19, 2022 | Tania Kraemer, Deutsche Welle
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In an act of climate barter, Jordan is gearing up to provide solar energy to Israel in exchange for desalinated water. The trade-off forms the basis of a climate cooperation deal between the two countries, which signed a peace treaty in 1994. Under this brave new deal, water-scarce Jordan would export about 600 megawatts of solar-generated electricity to Israel, which in return would supply its neighbor with up to 200 million cubic meters of desalinated water.