Promoting Clean Urban Public Transportation and Green Investment in Kyrgyzstan

Abbreviations and acronyms

 

ADB	Asian Development Bank
ATM	Automated teller machine
BAU	Business as usual (scenario)
BMNT	(Austrian) Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism (Bundesministerium für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus)
BMU	(German) Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit)
BRT	Bus rapid transit (system)
CAREC	Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (Program)
CAREC	Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia
CDM	Clean development mechanism
CHP	Combined heat and power (plant)
CI	Compression ignition
CIS	Commonwealth of Independent States
CNG	Compressed natural gas
COP	Conference of the Parties (to the UNFCCC)
CPT	Clean Public Transport (OECD Programme)
CRI	Climate risk index
EAEU	Eurasian Economic Union
EBRD	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC	European Commission
EC	European Community
EECCA	Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
EEA	European Economic Area
EEA	European Environment Agency
EEC	Eurasian Economic Commission
EEC	European Economic Community
EECCA	Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
EEV	Enhanced environmentally friendly vehicle
EIB	European Investment Bank
EMEP	European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme
EU	European Union
EUR	Euro (Eurozone currency)
GCF	Green Climate Fund
GDP	Gross domestic product
GEF	Global Environment Facility
GGE	Gasoline gallon equivalent
GHG	Greenhouse gas (emissions)
GIZ	German Development Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)
GNI	Gross national income
GoK	Government of Kyrgyzstan
GOST	State/national (Gosudarstvennyj) (standard)
GWP	Global warming potential
HPP	Hydroelectric power plant
ICCT	International Council on Clean Transportation
IFC	International Finance Corporation
IFI	International financial institution
IKI	International Climate Initiative (Internationale Klimaschutzinitiative) of Germany
IMF	International Monetary Fund
INDC	Intended nationally determined contribution
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPPA	Investment Promotion and Protection Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic
IU	Implementation unit
JI	Joint implementation
JSC	Joint stock company
KGS	Kyrgyzstani som (national currency of Kyrgyzstan)
KPC	Kommunalkredit Public Consulting
LNG	Liquefied natural gas
LPG	Liquefied petroleum gas
LRTAP	Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (Convention)
LULUCF	Land use, land-use change and forestry
MAC	Maximum allowable concentration
MTEF	Medium-term expenditure framework
NAMA	Nationally appropriate mitigations action
NCF	Net cash flow
NGO	Non-governmental organisation
NMVOC	Non-methane volatile organic compound
NPV	Net present value
NSC	National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OJSC	Open joint stock company
OPTIC	Optimising Public Transport Investment Costs (OECD Model)
PAGE	Partnership for Action on Green Economy
PCM	Project cycle management
PE	Programming entity
PI	Positive ignition
PM	Particulate matter
PPP	Public-private partnership
PPP	Purchasing power parity
PTO	Public transport operator
SAEPF	State Agency on Environmental Protection and Forestry (of Kyrgyzstan)
SME	Small and medium-sized enterprise
TLV	Threshold limit value
TSU	Technical support unit
UN	United Nations
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
US	United States
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
USD	United States dollar
VAT	Value added tax
WB	World Bank
WHO	World Health Organization
Units, quantities and compounds
cm	Centimetre
cm2	Square centimetre
CH4	Methane
CH2O	Formaldehyde
CO	Carbon monoxide
CO2	Carbon dioxide
g	Gram
Gg	Gigagram
GWh	Gigawatt hour
H2O	Water
kcal	Kilocalorie
kg	Kilogramme
km	Kilometre
km2	Square kilometre
km/h	Kilometres per hour
koe	Kilogram of oil equivalent
kpvpd	Kilometre per vehicle per day
kt	Kilotonne
kWh	Kilowatt hour
l	Litre
m	Metre
mg	Milligram
MJ	Megajoule
mln	Million
MPa	Megapascal
MW	Megawatt
MWh	Megawatt hour
m3	Cubic metre
NH3	Ammonia
NO	Nitric oxide
NOx	Nitrogen oxides
N2O	Nitrous oxide
ppm	Parts per million
p-km	Passenger-kilometre
SO2	Sulphur dioxide
t	Tonne
tCO2	Tonne of CO2
tCO2e	Tonne of CO2 equivalent
tNOx	Tonne of NOx
tPM2.5	Tonne of PM2.5
tSO2	Tonne of SO2
TJ	Terajoule
TWh	Terawatt hour
t-km	Tonne-kilometre
µg	Microgram

Figure 0.1. Official exchange rate (LCU per USD, period average)

Note: As a reference exchange rate, the report takes the 2017 average of KGS 68.867 per USD (and EUR 0.877 per USD).

Source: World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org).