KARACHI - Pakistan government has planned to launch the Green Line project in Karachi, the world’s first zero emission public transit project launched under green climate fund.
They don’t want to use diesel or petrol to power the buses. Instead, they’ll be using biogas.
Biogas is a mixture of different gases produced by processing organic matter.
It can be produced from raw materials like agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste or food waste.
The four-year project will cost an estimated $583.5 million. The Green Climate Fund, a subsidiary of the United Nations, will be giving $50 million – a $37.2 million loan and a $11.8 million grant.
The remaining amount will be funded through a $442 million loan from the Asian Development Bank and a $92.5 million grant from the Sindh government.
Malik Amin Aslam, the special assistant to the prime minister on climate change, said this is the world’s first transport project that the Green Climate Fund has approved.