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Azerbaijan Approves Long-Term Low-Carbon Strategy

lite News Desk 2 min read

Azerbaijan has approved a national strategy for reducing emissions, with a conditional goal of reaching net zero in 2060. The Cabinet of Ministers’ official record dates approval of the Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategy to 22 October 2026. According to Report.az, Prime Minister Ali Asadov signed the decision.

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources describes the goal as conditional, according to Report.az’s account. Achieving it depends on additional resources, including support from international partners, transfers of technology, loans on concessional terms and investment from the private sector, according to separate accounts from Report.az and APA.

In the ministry’s explanation, net zero involves reducing greenhouse-gas emissions to the extent possible, then offsetting the remainder through absorption by forests or other natural and technological processes. The ministry also connects the longer-term objective with a 2035 target: greenhouse-gas emissions 40% below their 1990 level.

According to the ministry-attributed account, the strategy proposes changes in stages across agriculture, buildings, waste management, transport, energy, industry, and oil and gas. Its measures include expanding electricity generation from wind and solar sources and improving energy efficiency in residential and business premises. Cleaner transport and reductions in methane leakage from oil and gas operations are also part of the planned work.

The same account includes sorting waste and recycling among the measures, alongside protecting forests and restoring them. These activities form part of the strategy’s sector-by-sector programme rather than completed projects.

For implementation, Report.az’s account of the decision identifies separate responsibilities for the economy and finance ministries. The Ministry of Economy is assigned to coordinate the inclusion of decarbonisation measures in government programmes, strategies, national action plans and other documents. Responsibility for ensuring that those measures receive funding is assigned to the Ministry of Finance.

The account also describes a submission and reporting role for the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. Its assigned tasks include submitting the strategy to the UNFCCC Secretariat, organising activities to inform the public and overseeing implementation. Monitoring findings are to go to the State Commission on Climate Change at two-year intervals.

* This article is based on publicly available information at the time of writing.

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