Lead country
Turkmenistan
Participating countries
Turkmenistan
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From June 11, 2018 to June 11, 2024
Project ID: 5452
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Technical team
- Energy Programme
Technical area(s)
- Energy efficiency
- Renewable Energy
Sub-area(s)
- Transport
- Lighting
- Type: Off-grid, standalone systems
- Resource: Solar
Landscape(s)
- Human altered areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Urban areas
Transformed sector(s)
N/A
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Policy advice
Strategy
- Capacity building
- Law regulation
- Enabling
Sub-strategy
- Awareness raising
- Institutional capacity building
- Demonstration sites/Pilot
- Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
- Community engagement
- Alignment
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
Gender equality
N/A
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender targeted
Pathway(s)
- Sci-tech pathway
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
N/A
SDG target(s)
- 7.3 Double global rate energy efficiency improvement
- 11.6 Reduce adverse environmental impact of cities
Conventions and protocols
N/A
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Multi-stakeholder collaboration
About this project
Description
Population growth and economic development have led to rapid expansion of cities in Turkmenistan over the past two decades, most notably in the capital city of Ashgabat and the resort zone of Awaza on the Caspian Sea. This growth has had an increasing negative environmental impact – resource consumption, waste, local air and water pollution, and emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). Ashgabat and Awaza have already embraced some measures to manage this impact. But there remains much untapped technical potential to decrease the volume and impact of private vehicle traffic in all cities, further expand efficient street lighting, reduce waste and increase recycling, and introduce “green” practices to hotels. The development challenge of the project is to measurably reduce the negative impacts of urban growth in Turkmenistan while also advancing social and economic development goals. To this end, the project will provide technical assistance, institutional and policy support, organization and development of programs, and promotion of behavioral change, all in conjunction with national priorities and specific needs articulated by the Government. Measures introduced in Ashgabat and Awaza will yield significant GHG emissions reductions and social benefits in themselves, while also creating a basis for replication elsewhere in Turkmenistan.
Objectives
To promote and implement integrated low-carbon urban systems in Ashgabat and Awaza, thereby reducing GHG emissions and creating other environmental, social, and economic development benefits.
USD $6,180,046
Grant amount
USD $57,100,000
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($6,180,046)
Implementing partner(s)
- State Committee for Environmental Protection and Land Resources of Turkmenistan
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