"In Azerbaijan, 15% of the total carbon emissions come from the transportation sector," Executive Director of COP29 and Deputy Minister of Energy Elnur Soltanov said during his speech at the "Sustainable Transport for the Future" event, APA-Economics reports.
According to him, 92% of the emissions in the transport sector are attributed to land transport.
Elnur Soltanov added that 5% of emissions in the transport sector comes from air transport, 2% from maritime transport, and only 1% from rail transport.
Deputy Minister further mentioned that in 2022, the volume of carbon emissions in Azerbaijan amounted to 61 million tons.