SOCAR discusses promising projects of UN Development Program

13:12 - 4.07.2019


July 4, Fineko/abc.az. SOCAR president Rovnag Abdullayev has met with the delegation led by Resident Representative of United Nations Development Program in Azerbaijan Alessandro Fracassetti.

According to SOCAR, the meeting sides discussed the prospects of joint development of the project "National Action Plan to reduce carbon emissions in the fuel-consuming sector of Azerbaijan" (NAMA), implemented by SOCAR and UNDP, to clean up oil-contaminated land and water, landscaping of cleared areas, modernization of gas pipelines, etc.

Since 2015 Azerbaijan's SOCAR representative office and UNDP are implementing project "National Action Plan to reduce carbon emissions in the fuel-consuming sector of Azerbaijan”.

The 5-year project is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United Nations Development Program with the purpose to support the climate change mitigation strategy.

 

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