Environnement dans les économies émergentes et en transition
Promoting Clean Urban Public Transportation and Green Investment in Kyrgyzstan
This report discusses the main results of a project on how an influx of funds could
spur development of cleaner public transport, and reduce air pollution and greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions in large urban centres in Kyrgyzstan, by providing an analysis
for designing a green public investment programme in this sector. This sector represents
an opportunity for Kyrgyzstan to address key objectives in its environmental and climate-related
policies as part of the country’s ambitions to transition to a green economic path
of development. The investment programme is also designed to support the modernisation
of the urban transport fleet in the country and stimulate the domestic market to shift
to modern buses powered by cleaner fuels. The programme is foreseen to be implemented
in two phases: the first covers the cities of Bishkek and Osh and the second extends
to areas outside of the initial pilot city centres (pilot city suburbs as well as
inter-city transport). These investments are expected to result in significant environmental,
public service and socio-economic benefits.
Published on October 12, 2019Also available in: Russian