Azerbaijan among leaders in COP29 "Peace and Climate Initiative"

Special Envoy of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elshad Iskandarov has said that Azerbaijan, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Uganda, and the UK joined the group of leaders for the COP29 "Peace and Climate Initiative". 

Iskandarov made these remarks during a panel session on the second day of Pre-COP29 in Baku, Caliber.Az reports via local media.

He stated that a meeting will be held during the COP29 conference in Shamakhi, where discussions will focus on the COP29 Peace Day.

"Moreover, a roundtable discussion and consultations will be held. The main theme of the roundtable will be exploring the human factor in climate change, peace, and security," he added. Iskandarov emphasised that one of the key initiatives for Peace Day will be the establishment of the Baku Hub.  

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) will be held in Azerbaijan this November. This decision was made at the COP28 plenary session in Dubai on December 11, 2023. During two weeks, Baku will become a global hub, welcoming around 70,000 to 80,000 international guests.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an agreement signed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, aimed at preventing dangerous human interference with the climate system.  The abbreviation COP means "Conference of the Parties" and refers to the highest decision-making body responsible for overseeing the implementation of the UNFCCC. The Convention has 198 member states. Unless otherwise decided by the parties, the COP is held annually. The first COP event was held in Berlin in March 1995, and its secretariat is based in Bonn.

By Naila Huseynova