Azerbaijan Canoe and Rowing Federation to host swim event in support of COP29

The Azerbaijan Canoe and Rowing Federation will organise a large-scale swim along Baku Boulevard under the slogan "Row in Clean Water!" 

The event will be held in support of the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), Caliber.Az reports via local media.

The event will be attended by President of the World Rowing Federation Jean-Christophe Rolland, President of the International Canoe Federation Thomas Konietzko, President of the International Dragon Boat Federation Claudio Schermi, honorary head of the Asian Rowing Federation and Global Slalom Federation Wang Shi, Head of Charles Regatta Frederick Schoch and over 50 distinguished guests who will visit Azerbaijan as part of COP29.

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