Kyrgyzstan, being a low greenhouse gas emitting country, remains committed to the goals of the Paris Agreement and plans to reduce emissions by 16 percent under the «business-as-usual» scenario by 2030, and by 44 percent with international support. The country’s president stated while speaking at the high-level segment of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Dubai (United Arab Emirates).
According to Sadyr Japarov, by 2050, on the platform of green development, the Kyrgyz Republic plans to achieve carbon neutrality.
«To achieve these goals, Kyrgyzstan intends to implement projects in the field of renewable energy sources, including the construction of hydropower stations. We are now using only 13 percent of the total potential of 142.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. We count on financing from international development partners to realize our huge hydropower potential,» he said.
The head of state added that by launching projects in the field of renewable energy sources, it is possible to achieve more efficient use and management of water resources in the Kyrgyz Republic and the region, taking into account the production of environmentally friendly energy, which will help strengthen the energy, environmental and food security of not only in the country, but and other states in the region.
He invited investors to invest in green projects.
«I call on the world community, primarily developed donor countries, to do more targeted work on accumulating volumes of climate finance, simplifying the mechanisms for obtaining it and creating new mechanisms to support developing countries. I hope that the issues of mountain ecosystems will be included as priority issues on the agenda of COP28, similar to the issues of small island developing countries, and we will actively work at subsequent conferences of the parties,» Sadyr Japarov stressed.
