Azerbaijan’s Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategy calls for all passenger cars and city buses to switch fully to electric and other eco-friendly vehicles by 2060, with freight transport shifted largely from road to rail.
Under the strategy, decarbonisation of the transport sector will proceed in stages, with vehicles powered by internal combustion engines gradually phased out. According to 2022 figures, transport accounted for about 13% of Azerbaijan’s total greenhouse gas emissions, or 9.3 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent.
The strategy sets a target of raising the share of electric vehicles and other environmentally friendly transport to 100% in the passenger car and city bus segment by 2060. For freight transport, the goal is to lift this share to 75%.
The document also calls for full electrification of the country’s entire railway infrastructure. Alongside this, it envisions a large-scale shift of freight transport from road haulage to rail.
The strategy also outlines a transition to alternative fuels for other modes of transport: a complete switch to methanol in maritime shipping, and a phased rollout of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the aviation sector.
