Sustainable Infrastructure for Low-Carbon Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Sustainable Infrastructure ◽  
Low Carbon Development

Opportunities for Sustainable Infrastructure Investments at City Level in Brazil

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thatyanne Gasparotto ◽  
Julia Ambrosano
Keyword(s):  
Bond Market ◽  
Waste To Energy ◽  
Urban Mobility ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
Sustainable Infrastructure ◽  
Low Carbon Development ◽  
Infrastructure Investments ◽  
Sources Of Capital

This policy brief was developed in order to identify preliminary green /sustainable infrastructure opportunities for cities in Brazil. The rapidly growing green bond market can help local authorities to attract new sources of capital for financing subnational infrastructure. Water and sanitation, waste to energy and urban mobility were the sectors selected for an inicial assessment, given the investment needs in Brazilian municipalities and their alignment with low carbon development and resilience. This brief was also used to raise awareness across key infrastructure stakeholders in Brazil, and build a number of market education activities in the second semester of 2018.

Commercial Linkages with Central Asia and Iran

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott C. Levi
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Indian Region ◽  
Maritime Trade ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Commercial System ◽  
Northern India

While it may seem counterintuitive, the increase in Mughal India’s maritime trade contributed to a tightening of overland commercial connections with its Asian neighbors. The primary agents in this process were “Multanis,” members of any number of heavily capitalized, caste-based family firms centered in the northwest Indian region of Multan. The Multani firms had earlier developed an integrated commercial system that extended across the Punjab, Sind, and much of northern India. In the middle of the sixteenth century, Multanis first appear in historical sources as having established their own communities in Central Asia and Iran. By the middle of the seventeenth century, at any given point in time, a rotating population of some 35,000 Indian merchants orchestrated a network of communities that extended across dozens, if not hundreds, of cities and villages in Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Iran, stretching up the Caucasus and into Russia.

scholarly journals Modernization of the Public Transport Bus Fleet in the Context of Low-Carbon Development in Poland

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3295
Author(s):  
Maciej Dzikuć ◽  
Rafał Miśko ◽  
Szymon Szufa
Keyword(s):  
Coal Combustion ◽  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The Public ◽  
Low Carbon Development ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
Excessive Noise

The development of urban transport in recent years has become one of the most important issues related to improving the quality of life in Polish cities. Excessive pollution in the form of greenhouse gases and other harmful substances from buses affects people’s health as does the excessive noise. This article analysed the measures being taken to reduce emissions, and the results showed that it is possible to reduce CO2 emissions by more than 28 thousand megagrams (Mg) per annum. Policymakers in Poland should consider limiting electricity generation through coal combustion and recognize, at least temporarily, CNG/LNG-powered buses as low-carbon rolling stock and co-finance their purchase and the necessary infrastructure.

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