COP29 host Azerbaijan climate action “Critically insufficient” - Sept 2024

This increase can be attributed to population growth and the expansion of oil and gas production (Republic of Azerbaijan, 2021; State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2024a). [...] In the same year Azerbaijan exported 23.9 bcm of fossil gas, the majority flowing to Europe (Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Azebaijan, 2024). [...] Between 2018 and 2023, the production ratio of oil to gas shifted from 70:30 to 50:50, and gas production is set to rise by a third in the next decade (State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2024b). [...] In 2021, Azerbaijan’s Parliament passed the Law on the Use of Renewable Energy Sources in the Production of Electricity. [...] int/documents/497109 Available at: trade/?lang=en (Accessed: 11 September 2024) Republic of Azerbaijan (2021) FOURTH NATIONAL COMMUNICATION TO THE UNITED NATIONS The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE.