{"id":92258,"date":"2023-02-14T16:04:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T11:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=92258"},"modified":"2023-02-14T16:04:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T11:04:34","slug":"kp-carbon-credits-wb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-carbon-credits-wb.html","title":{"rendered":"KP to sell \u2018Carbon Credits\u2019 through WB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to sell its surplus \u2018Carbon Credits\u2019 in the international market through World Bank (WB), news sources reported on February 14. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/restoration-roads-tourist-sites.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Officials directed to expedite work on restoration of roads leading to KP tourist sites<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pakistan Environment Trust (PET) estimates that Carbon Credits could earn USD 60 million annually if sold in the international market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KP government will thus seek the World Bank&#8217;s technical assistance to certify and market the province&#8217;s carbon credits. The government would assess the green points it has produced from its green energy initiatives under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-energy-projects-launch-soon-swat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation<\/a>. The organization has been generating 161.8 megawatts (MW) of hydel power through hydropower projects (HPP) for the national grid, of which, 28,884 kilowatts (KW) are produced through community-owned micro hydel power stations and 16,054.67 KW through various solar projects on daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-urban-policy-2030-approval.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KP CM approves Urban Policy 2030 for development of smart cities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the sources, the provincial government would market the carbon credit on an \u2018offset market\u2019 only under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol for the reduction of Green House Gases (GHSs) and carbon credits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to sell its surplus \u2018Carbon Credits\u2019 in the international market through World Bank (WB), news sources reported on February 14. Read:Officials directed to expedite work on restoration of roads leading to KP tourist sites The Pakistan Environment Trust (PET) estimates that Carbon Credits could earn USD 60 million annually if sold in the international market. The KP government will thus seek the World Bank&#8217;s technical assistance to certify and market the province&#8217;s carbon credits. The government would assess the green points it has produced from its green energy initiatives under the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation. The organization has been generating 161.8 megawatts (MW) of hydel power through hydropower projects (HPP) for the national grid, of which, 28,884 kilowatts (KW) are produced through community-owned micro hydel power stations and 16,054.67 KW through various solar projects on daily basis. Read: KP CM approves Urban Policy 2030 for development of smart cities As per the sources, the provincial government would market the carbon credit on an \u2018offset market\u2019 only under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol for the reduction of Green House Gases (GHSs) and carbon credits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":75428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[56310,56311,56312,56309],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-92258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-kp-carbon-credit","8":"tag-kp-energy-projects","9":"tag-kp-to-sell-carbon-credits-through-wb","10":"tag-the-kp-government-will-thus-seek-the-world-banks-technical-assistance-to-certify-and-market-the-provinces-carbon-credits-the-government-would-assess-the-green-points-it-has-produced-from"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KP to sell \u2018Carbon Credits\u2019 through WB - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The KP government will thus seek the World Bank&#039;s technical assistance to certify and market the province&#039;s carbon credits. 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