Kosovo : A Future of Green Transport and Clean Air
The Western Balkans is home to the most polluting power plants in Europe, and its transport and energy infrastructure require updates. Not surprisingly, countries such as Kosovo, are suffering from severe urban air pollution and traffic congestion...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/272811563348191164/Kosovo-A-Future-of-Green-Transport-and-Clean-Air http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32283 |
| Summary: | The Western Balkans is home to the most
polluting power plants in Europe, and its transport and
energy infrastructure require updates. Not surprisingly,
countries such as Kosovo, are suffering from severe urban
air pollution and traffic congestion as a result of high
dependence on fossil fuels in the energy matrix, inefficient
transport system and aging vehicle fleets. These
substantially harm public health, productivity and
efficiency in urban mobility. Kosovo is implementing the EU
enacted Stabilization Tracking Mechanism programme, aiming
to gradually integrate its national policies on legal,
economic and social matters with the EU. On 6 February 2018,
the European Commission published its expansion plan to
cover up to six Western Balkan countries including Kosovo
with potential accession as members of the EU after 2025.
This is relevant for vehicle emissions as it entails
implementation of EU vehicle emission and fuel standards.
The development objective of this project is to support the
government of Kosovo and City of Pristina to develop
strategies to reduce emissions and pollutions from transport
perspective, such as modernization and better management of
public and private vehicle fleets, and to scope for
components and activities to be considered as part of
potential Develop Policy Financing or Investment Project
Financing by the World Bank The layout of the report
includes the following sections: Chapter second realizes a
rapid assessment of vehicle pollution for Kosovo including
vehicle emission trends. Chapter third list in a summarized
manner major instruments to reduce transportation emissions.
Based on the problem and solution description policies are
selected which are assessed in further detail to curb
vehicle emissions in Kosovo. These policies or interventions
were selected based on on-going plans and activities and
interest from the Government. They include usage of
low-emission buses (chapter fourth), fiscal instruments to
promote low-emitting vehicles (chapter fifth) and
implementation of in-service vehicle emission testing. |
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