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World Bank funds Yichang city transport decarbonisation

  • Märkte: Emissions
  • 04.06.24

The World Bank is providing a $250mn loan to support China's Yichang city's shift to an "environmentally cleaner" transportation system to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The newly-approved Low Carbon Transition of Urban Mobility in Yichang (Hubei) programme will support the city to enforce cleaner vehicle emission standards and retire older, heavily polluting freight vehicles and buses, the World Bank said on 31 May. The programme will also help the city pilot participation of the transport sector in an emissions trading scheme.

Programme financing is estimated at $1.114bn over five years, with the World Bank providing $250mn through an International Bank for Reconstruction and Development loan, and the rest from the Chinese government. The World Bank estimates the total project cost at $3.625bn.

The programme is aligned with the World Bank's Country Partnership Framework for China for the 2020-25 fiscal years, particularly in promoting low-carbon transport and reducing air pollution, as well as aiding China in meeting its climate commitments.

Yichang's emissions profile

Non-governmental and non-profit think tank the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) has been supporting the World Bank in assessing Yichang's emissions profile since 2022. This includes evaluating the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of various decarbonisation policies applied in the context of the city, particularly as it relates to urban transport.

China's transport sector is the fourth-largest GHG contributor, with the country being one of the top GHG producers globally, according to the ITDP. China accounted for 31pc of CO2 emissions in 2021, according to the World Bank.

Yichang's primary emissions source is road transport, which accounted for over 80pc of the city's emissions over 2015-21. Private passenger vehicles were the largest contributor, with freight transport coming in second. Water-based cargo transport contributes nearly 10pc of the city's transport emissions, with railways and civil aviation contributing another 10pc together.

Public transport electrification is already underway across Yichang, ITDP added, with the city achieving the transition of nearly 47pc of its public bus fleet and over 90pc of its dual-fuel taxi vehicles as of 2021.


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