BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 5. The Uzbek government defined target parameters for the transition to a green economy until 2030, Trend reports via Uzbek media outlets.
It is planned to plant 200 million seedlings in the country annually, as well as increase the level of processing of generated municipal solid waste to more than 65 percent by 2030.
This is provided for by the presidential decree "On measures to increase the effectiveness of reforms aimed at Uzbekistan's transition to a "green" economy until 2030." As part of the document, it is planned:
- reduction of specific greenhouse gas emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 35 percent
- increasing the production capacity of renewable energy sources to 15 GW and bringing their share in the total volume of electricity generation to more than 30 percent
- Increasing energy efficiency in the industry by at least 20 percent
- reduction in energy intensity per unit of gross domestic product by 30 percent
- increasing the efficiency of water use, introducing water-saving irrigation technologies on an area of up to 1 million hectares
- expanding green spaces in cities by more than 30 percent by planting 200 million seedlings per year and bringing the total number of seedlings to over 1 billion;
- bringing the indicator of the reserves of the forest fund of the country to more than 90 million cubic meters.
