San Jose – Multilateral Global Environment Facility (GEF) It will save the country $10.3 million to be used for urban decarbonization, mobility, and businesses in Costa Rica’s circular economy.
The concessional financing project has a name “Transition to a green urban economy generates global environmental benefits”.
In addition to financing the Global Environment Facility, he will lead the project Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE), implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and implemented by the Organization for Tropical Studies (OET).
Through the project, work will be done to decarbonize the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) through sustainable integrated urban planning.
Some of the actions that will be taken into consideration for the development of this software are Reforms of outdated laws, creation of bike paths and green sidewalks, sustainable mobility and greening of 2,000 hectares, In coordination with local governments in the greater metropolitan area and entities with expertise in this field, as well as promoting the circular economy.
Mobility and the circular economy
Costa Rica is committed to a proposal to build the Metropolitan Electric Train, as one of the main ways to decarbonize and transform the currently inefficient public transportation system.
With these resources, work will also be carried out to develop specific actions to improve the urban landscape and mobility in the 20 cantons of the metropolitan metropolitan area located on the monorail track and its surroundings.
On her part, the Minister of Environment and Energy, Andrea Mesa Murillo, explained that the project “Transition to a green urban economy generates global environmental benefits”. It proposes more than $1 million in investments for sustainable mobility, with bike paths, shared-use roads, pedestrian paths with green spaces and more.
Sustainable mobility work will be coordinated with municipalities and bodies with expertise in this field. By the end of the project, these solutions will include 8 kilometers of bike lanes, 3 kilometers of communal and pedestrian paths, and 20 kilometers of green sidewalks with improved access.
In the field of circular economy during the preparation phase of the initiative, it was concluded that Costa Rica has no experience in promoting these forms of production, and there is no regulation as in other countries.
The project will map existing circular economy initiatives, pump money into institutions of this nature, prioritize the employment of women, in areas such as waste management, and will train in business management.
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