Climate change policies of Republic of Azerbaijan and regional environmental security challenges

Abstract

The paper focusses on low greenhouse gas emission (GHG) development scenarios of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the XXI century, in terms of environmental security system and transition to the green economy. It studies the economic and environmental characteristics of various scenarios of low emission development of the country, including the scenario of reaching net-zero emission level in second half of the century. These decarbonization scenarios cover certain climate change mitigation policies and measures, as well as assumptions with different GHG reduction potentials in all sectors, calculated on the base of a special LEAP (Low Emissions Analysis Platform) modelling technique. Moreover, there were analyzed the role and importance of low emission development pathway, including green growth transition in the environmental security of the country and the whole South Caucasus region.