Towards a Greener Economy in Uzbekistan

This report is an extended Country Environmental Assessment that identifies key issues and priorities for action as Uzbekistan transitions to a sustainable and inclusive market economy. Land degradation, water stress, and air pollution from particu...

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Main Authors:	World Bank, Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:	GREEN ECONOMY RESOURCE-INCENTIVE CLIMATE STRATEGY SUSTAINABILITY NATURAL CAPITAL LAND DEGRADATION AIR POLLUTION WATER SUPPLY LOW-CARBON GREEN JOBS GREEN FINANCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099920009092215042/P17852204a422b0d7093c40dac9a52927a4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37994

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spelling	okr-10986-379942022-09-15T18:09:03Z Towards a Greener Economy in Uzbekistan World Bank Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan GREEN ECONOMY RESOURCE-INCENTIVE CLIMATE STRATEGY SUSTAINABILITY NATURAL CAPITAL LAND DEGRADATION AIR POLLUTION WATER SUPPLY LOW-CARBON GREEN JOBS GREEN FINANCE This report is an extended Country Environmental Assessment that identifies key issues and priorities for action as Uzbekistan transitions to a sustainable and inclusive market economy. Land degradation, water stress, and air pollution from particulate matter are the main environmental issues, with additional socio-economic risks to the country from its high energy and carbon intensity and the impact of climate change on vulnerable communities. The report analyzes strategies for greening the economic transition, including resource efficiency and landscape restoration, the low-carbon transition, resilience against natural disasters and climate change, urban air quality and sustainable cities, green employment and public institutions, and green finance. Additional follow-up studies to inform detailed policy formulation and action include distributional analysis, adaptation strategy and planning, a Long-Term Decarbonization Strategy, and Climate Change Institutional Assessment, among others. 2022-09-12T20:45:17Z 2022-09-12T20:45:17Z 2022-08 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099920009092215042/P17852204a422b0d7093c40dac9a52927a4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37994 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) Europe and Central Asia Uzbekistan
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description	This report is an extended Country Environmental Assessment that identifies key issues and priorities for action as Uzbekistan transitions to a sustainable and inclusive market economy. Land degradation, water stress, and air pollution from particulate matter are the main environmental issues, with additional socio-economic risks to the country from its high energy and carbon intensity and the impact of climate change on vulnerable communities. The report analyzes strategies for greening the economic transition, including resource efficiency and landscape restoration, the low-carbon transition, resilience against natural disasters and climate change, urban air quality and sustainable cities, green employment and public institutions, and green finance. Additional follow-up studies to inform detailed policy formulation and action include distributional analysis, adaptation strategy and planning, a Long-Term Decarbonization Strategy, and Climate Change Institutional Assessment, among others.
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author	World Bank Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan
author_facet	World Bank Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction of the Republic of Uzbekistan
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title	Towards a Greener Economy in Uzbekistan
title_short	Towards a Greener Economy in Uzbekistan
title_full	Towards a Greener Economy in Uzbekistan
title_fullStr	Towards a Greener Economy in Uzbekistan
title_full_unstemmed	Towards a Greener Economy in Uzbekistan
title_sort	towards a greener economy in uzbekistan
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2022
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099920009092215042/P17852204a422b0d7093c40dac9a52927a4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37994
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Towards a Greener Economy in Uzbekistan

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