Table 9.

Climate and renewable targets of Caspian region.

	Climate targets	Renewable targets	Policy actions
AZE	−35% by 2030 (level 1990)	20% RES in electricity by 2020, 9.7% in TPES	State program on the development of renewable energy sources for 2012–2020, Feed-in Tariffs for wind and small hydro projects
IRN	−12% by 2030 (level 2014)	1–5 GW to total power generating capacity each year through 2022	Minimum tariff rates for investors, the Budget for Purchasing Renewable Energy Electricity, Renewable Energy Development Fund, Feed-in Tariff, Renewable Portfolio Standards
KAZ	−40% by 2050 (level of 2012)	50% RES in electricity by 2050	Auctions, Feed-in Tariff, Carbon Emissions Trading scheme, energy efficiency certificates, National 2050 Low Carbon Energy Transition Programme, Roadmap 2050 for RES, Law on Green Economy
RUS	−25% by 2030 (level of 1990)	4.5% RES in electricity by 2020	Climate doctrine and action plan, National security strategy, State program on energy efficiency and power industry development
TKM	Conditional 2030 targets: zero growth in emissions and possible reduction trajectory between 2015 and 2030	No mandatory targets on renewable energy	National Strategy of Turkmenistan on Climate Change, National Strategy of Social and Economic Transformation of Turkmenistan until 2030
UZB	No concrete targets on GHG reduction	10–20% RES in electricity by 2030	National Decree on Measures to Develop Alternative Energy Sources and Energy saving technologies