Azerbaijan's updated NDC aims to reduce GHG emissions by 40% by 2035

Azerbaijan has announced that it seeks to reduce its net greenhouse (GHG) emissions by 40% by 2035 (compared to 1990 levels) on its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) for the 2022–2035 period (UNFCCC, 05/11/2025). This 40% target, which covers all major sectors including AFOLU (agriculture, forestry, and other land use). would reduce GHG emissions from 85 MtCO₂eq in 1990 to 51 MtCO₂eq in 2035. It is conditional on enhanced financial resources and international financial support (e.g., concessional loans, private sector investment), technology availability (e.g., alternative fuels for aviation), technology transfer, increased technology maturity level, capability-building support, and availability of absorptive capacity of forests and other ecosystems. 

The 40% target was previously set for 2050 in the NDC 2 (also conditional on additional support) and planned to cut GHG emissions from 79 MtCO₂eq in 1990 (1990 level updated since then) to 47 MtCO₂eq in 2050.

The document plans to achieve its goal through investments on the modernisation of technologies across the economy to reduce their emissions, the promotion of electrification through renewable technologies, the use of biofuels as a substitute for high-emission fuels. In its oil and gas sector (28% of GHG emissions), achieving decarbonization target by 2035 "will require financial support, with the largest portion allocated to methanereduction solutions and captured gas re-route pipeline infrastructure".