FYR Macedonia Green Growth Country Assessment

dc.creatorWorld Bank Group
dc.date2014-08-14T17:52:32Z
dc.date2014-08-14T17:52:32Z
dc.date2014-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:46:16Z
dc.descriptionThis green growth country assessment for Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) Macedonia aims to define the outlines of a green growth path and the initial steps along that path. According to the World Bank's recent flagship report, green growth is 'growth that is efficient in its use of natural resources, clean in that it minimizes pollution and environmental impacts, and resilient in that it accounts for natural hazards and the role of environmental management and natural capital in preventing physical disasters.' While most countries might agree that such growth is a worthy goal, determining what a green growth path might mean for a particular country is a significant challenge. Green growth can be defined more precisely, as economic growth with more sustainable use of natural resources (minerals, water and clean air, and biodiversity), with proper consideration of mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions; with attention to adaptation to a changing climate; and with more focus on innovation and green jobs to enhance benefits flowing from the technological innovation and new industries spurred by a shift to green growth. This report takes a practical approach to identifying specific challenges and opportunities FYR Macedonia faces in building its green growth future and to present them in a form useful for decision makers. The report will address mitigation, adaptation, and the most immediately challenging resource sustainability issue, clean air. This report summarizes analytic work undertaken in sectors and on issues selected as critical for defining and understanding the green growth path of the country, with an emphasis on climate action. Chapters of the report start with an overview of the relevant challenges to green growth of climate adaptation and mitigation, and then set out the methodology applied the findings that emerged, and consequent recommendations. The nine sectors and issues that constitute the components of the green growth country assessment are represented in the opening graphic in this summary.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19786804/former-yugoslav-republic-macedonia-green-growth-country-assessment
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19308
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/19308
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410729
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABATEMENT COSTS
dc.subjectABATEMENT POTENTIAL
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTANTS
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION REDUCTION
dc.subjectAIR QUALITY
dc.subjectAIR QUALITY REGULATIONS
dc.subjectAIRPORTS
dc.subjectAPPROACH
dc.subjectATMOSPHERE
dc.subjectAVAILABILITY
dc.subjectBALANCE
dc.subjectBIOGAS
dc.subjectBIOMASS
dc.subjectCAPACITY FACTOR
dc.subjectCAR
dc.subjectCAR OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectCAR USE
dc.subjectCARBON
dc.subjectCARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subjectCARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCARBON MONOXIDE
dc.subjectCARBON SINK
dc.subjectCARS
dc.subjectCLEAN AIR
dc.subjectCLEANER AIR
dc.subjectCLEANER ENERGY
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATE DAMAGES
dc.subjectCLIMATE SCENARIOS
dc.subjectCO
dc.subjectCO2
dc.subjectCOLORS
dc.subjectCONGESTION
dc.subjectCONVERGENCE
dc.subjectCOST OF ABATEMENT
dc.subjectCOST-BENEFIT
dc.subjectCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subjectCROP INSURANCE
dc.subjectDAMAGES
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR ENERGY
dc.subjectDISCOUNT RATE
dc.subjectDRAINAGE
dc.subjectDRAINAGE SYSTEMS
dc.subjectDRIVERS
dc.subjectDRIVING
dc.subjectDRIVING TIME
dc.subjectDUST
dc.subjectECONOMIC COSTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC IMPACTS
dc.subjectEFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY DEMAND
dc.subjectELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subjectELECTRICITY PRICES
dc.subjectELECTRICITY SYSTEM
dc.subjectEMISSION
dc.subjectEMISSION GROWTH
dc.subjectEMISSION LEVELS
dc.subjectEMISSION REDUCTION
dc.subjectEMISSIONS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FROM FUEL
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FROM FUEL COMBUSTION
dc.subjectEMISSIONS GROWTH
dc.subjectEMISSIONS INTENSITY
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENERGY DEMAND
dc.subjectENERGY DEMAND MODEL
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS
dc.subjectENERGY INTENSITY
dc.subjectENERGY MIX
dc.subjectENERGY PRICING
dc.subjectENERGY SUPPLY
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectEXTREME WEATHER
dc.subjectEXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subjectFERROUS METALS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL LOSSES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectFLOODS
dc.subjectFOSSIL
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUEL
dc.subjectFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectFREIGHT
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectFUEL COSTS
dc.subjectFUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLES
dc.subjectFUEL PRICE
dc.subjectFUEL SWITCHING
dc.subjectFUEL-EFFICIENT VEHICLES
dc.subjectGAS IMPORTS
dc.subjectGAS SECTOR
dc.subjectGAS SUPPLY
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
dc.subjectGENERATION CAPACITY
dc.subjectGHG
dc.subjectGHGS
dc.subjectGLOBAL WARMING
dc.subjectGLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS MITIGATION
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectHEAT
dc.subjectHEAT PRODUCTION
dc.subjectHIGH ENERGY
dc.subjectHIGH ENERGY INTENSITY
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER
dc.subjectHYDROPOWER GENERATION
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINVESTMENT DECISIONS
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectLAND TRANSPORT
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLANDFILLS
dc.subjectLIGNITE PRODUCTION
dc.subjectLOCAL AIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectLOCAL ROADS
dc.subjectLOWER COSTS
dc.subjectMARGINAL ABATEMENT
dc.subjectMARGINAL ABATEMENT COST
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL DATA
dc.subjectMETHANE
dc.subjectMOBILITY
dc.subjectMODE OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectMOTOR VEHICLE
dc.subjectNATIONAL INCOME
dc.subjectNATURAL GAS
dc.subjectNEGATIVE IMPACT
dc.subjectNET COST
dc.subjectNITROGEN
dc.subjectNITROGEN OXIDES
dc.subjectNOX
dc.subjectNUCLEAR POWER
dc.subjectO&M
dc.subjectOIL
dc.subjectPARTICULATE
dc.subjectPARTICULATE MATTER
dc.subjectPASSENGER RAIL
dc.subjectPASSENGER RAIL SERVICE
dc.subjectPASSENGER VEHICLE
dc.subjectPEAK DEMAND
dc.subjectPHOTOVOLTAIC POWER
dc.subjectPM10
dc.subjectPOLICY SCENARIOS
dc.subjectPOLLUTION LEVEL
dc.subjectPOLLUTION REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectPOWER GENERATION
dc.subjectPOWER GENERATION MIX
dc.subjectPOWER PLANTS
dc.subjectPOWER SECTOR
dc.subjectPOWER SECTORS
dc.subjectPOWER SUPPLY
dc.subjectPRECIPITATION
dc.subjectPRESENT VALUE
dc.subjectPRIMARY ENERGY
dc.subjectPRIVATE CAR OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectPUBLIC TRANSPORT
dc.subjectPUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectQUALITY OF WATER
dc.subjectQUALITY OF WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectRAIL
dc.subjectRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectRAIL INVESTMENT
dc.subjectRAILWAY
dc.subjectRAILWAY SECTOR
dc.subjectRAILWAYS
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectREDUCTION IN EMISSIONS
dc.subjectREDUCTION IN FUEL USE
dc.subjectRENEWABLE ENERGY
dc.subjectRETROFITTING
dc.subjectROAD
dc.subjectROAD SAFETY
dc.subjectROAD SECTOR
dc.subjectROAD TRANSPORT
dc.subjectROAD TRAVEL DEMAND
dc.subjectROADS
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSCENARIOS
dc.subjectSCRUBBERS
dc.subjectSEVERE WEATHER
dc.subjectSEVERE WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subjectSF6
dc.subjectSTREET LIGHTING
dc.subjectSUPPLY SIDE
dc.subjectTAX
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE
dc.subjectTOLL
dc.subjectTONS OF CARBON
dc.subjectTOTAL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectTRAFFIC
dc.subjectTRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectTRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
dc.subjectTRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subjectTRAINS
dc.subjectTRANSMISSION LINES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT ACTIVITY
dc.subjectTRANSPORT DEMAND
dc.subjectTRANSPORT EMISSIONS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectTRANSPORT MODES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT POLICIES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SECTOR EMISSIONS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SERVICES
dc.subjectURBAN SPRAWL
dc.subjectURBAN TRAFFIC
dc.subjectURBAN TRANSIT
dc.subjectURBAN TRANSPORT
dc.subjectUTILITIES
dc.subjectVEHICLE FLEET
dc.subjectVEHICLE FUEL
dc.subjectVEHICLE FUEL EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectVEHICLE MODEL
dc.subjectVEHICLE SURVEY
dc.subjectVEHICLES
dc.subjectVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
dc.subjectWASTEWATER TREATMENT
dc.subjectWATER ANALYSIS
dc.subjectWATER POLLUTION
dc.subjectWEATHER PATTERNS
dc.subjectWIND
dc.titleFYR Macedonia Green Growth Country Assessment

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