“The green transition is among Azerbaijan's national priorities,” said COP29 President-Designate Mukhtar Babayev at the first press conference held at the COP29 Presidency headquarters.
“The country has joined the Global Methane Pledge, which envisages a voluntary commitment by states to reduce methane emissions and has set a target of generating 30 per cent of electricity from renewable sources by 2030. Azerbaijan has, moreover, adopted a target of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases by 35 per cent by 2030, and 40 per cent by 2050, taking 1990 as its baseline,” Babayev pointed out.