Agshin Umudov is associated with the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany). Earlier, he was employed as a research assistant at the Department of European Studies andInternational Relations of the Qafqaz University in Baku (Azerbaijan). From 2012-2013, he worked as a project assistant at Renewables Academy (RENAC AG) in Berlin for the “TrEff –Training in Energy Efficiency”project, financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) to support energy efficiency initiatives in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.

• Chapter 1 - Research overview, context and problematization.- Chapter 2 - Overview of environmental governance in Azerbaijan.- Chapter 3 - Oil contamination: policy prioritization and un-politics of pollution?.- Chapter 4 - Corruption and weakened civil society: impact on environmental governance.- Chapter 5 - Explaining path dependent patterns in Azerbaijan’s environmental governance.- Chapter 6 - Reduction of GHG emissions: a comparative success?.- Chapter 7 - International pressure and domestic legitimacy.- Chapter 8 - Discussion on Findings.- Chapter 9 - Conclusion.

Agshin Umudov is associated with the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany). Earlier, he was employed as a research assistant at the Department of European Studies andInternational Relations of the Qafqaz University in Baku (Azerbaijan). From 2012-2013, he worked as a project assistant at Renewables Academy (RENAC AG) in Berlin for the “TrEff –Training in Energy Efficiency”project, financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) to support energy efficiency initiatives in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.

• Chapter 1 - Research overview, context and problematization.- Chapter 2 - Overview of environmental governance in Azerbaijan.- Chapter 3 - Oil contamination: policy prioritization and un-politics of pollution?.- Chapter 4 - Corruption and weakened civil society: impact on environmental governance.- Chapter 5 - Explaining path dependent patterns in Azerbaijan’s environmental governance.- Chapter 6 - Reduction of GHG emissions: a comparative success?.- Chapter 7 - International pressure and domestic legitimacy.- Chapter 8 - Discussion on Findings.- Chapter 9 - Conclusion.

Agshin Umudov is associated with the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany). Earlier, he was employed as a research assistant at the Department of European Studies andInternational Relations of the Qafqaz University in Baku (Azerbaijan). From 2012-2013, he worked as a project assistant at Renewables Academy (RENAC AG) in Berlin for the “TrEff –Training in Energy Efficiency”project, financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) to support energy efficiency initiatives in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine.

• Chapter 1 - Research overview, context and problematization.- Chapter 2 - Overview of environmental governance in Azerbaijan.- Chapter 3 - Oil contamination: policy prioritization and un-politics of pollution?.- Chapter 4 - Corruption and weakened civil society: impact on environmental governance.- Chapter 5 - Explaining path dependent patterns in Azerbaijan’s environmental governance.- Chapter 6 - Reduction of GHG emissions: a comparative success?.- Chapter 7 - International pressure and domestic legitimacy.- Chapter 8 - Discussion on Findings.- Chapter 9 - Conclusion.